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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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He spoke about the decision by South Africa during the Artificial Intelligence and the Law virtual event held in September by the IEEE student branch at the University of South Florida , in Tampa. Human inventors likely will face more competition from AI in the future, he says. “AI Hold a Patent? Pay Income Taxes?

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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superconducting wire that can be used in future advanced wind turbine generators. motor with the potential to efficiently power future. superconducting wire that can be used in future advanced. Florida, Tampa). residential and commercial buildings, where there are. All generators contain coils of wire. power grid.

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