Another week, another explosion of news generated by generative artificial intelligence (AI). Technological innovations form the core of cultural transformations that have immediate and startling implications and impacts across nearly every facet of daily life, from politics to education to business and media. And we...
A federal judge has ruled that artwork created by artificial intelligence (AI) can’t be copyrighted. As The Verge reported Friday (Aug. 18), the ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell came during a case in which the U.S. Copyright Office was sued by Stephen...
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities are transforming the world. But will their ability to generate fabricated video, audio and text-based content based on copyrighted material in real time run up against a brick wall of preexisting laws? Or does something have to give? After all,...
Medical technology company Masimo is suing Apple, saying that the company stole trade secrets related to its health monitoring technology and also stole away key employees, according to a report by Bloomberg. Masimo developed what is called signal processing tech for healthcare monitors, among other...
July 21, 2023
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities are transforming the world. But will their ability to generate fabricated video, audio and text-based content based on copyrighted material in real time run up against a brick wall of preexisting laws? Or does something have to give? After all, individuals and organizations with questionable intent have been spoofing and […]
March 22, 2019
In the U.S. and worldwide, counterfeiting is a large, lucrative business worth between $1.2 trillion and $1.5 trillion annually, according to the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC). Fake fashion items and...
March 16, 2017
Mid-March has typically heralded change in the world. Just ask the Romans or the blizzard watchers of 2017, beset by snow where green shoots should have budded. And change is a blowin’...
March 15, 2017
The big day has finally arrived — no thanks to Mother Nature, who decided to throw a disruption of her own at the year’s biggest celebration of innovation in the shape...
December 20, 2023
The British court has ruled that a scientist cannot patent inventions created by an AI. The ruling by the U.K. Supreme Court is a “landmark” decision in the U.K. about whether artificial intelligence (AI) can own patent rights, Reuters reported Wednesday (Dec. 20). According to the report, computer scientist Stephen Thaler had wanted patents in the U.K. for two […]
August 20, 2023
A federal judge has ruled that artwork created by artificial intelligence (AI) can’t be copyrighted. As The Verge reported Friday (Aug. 18), the ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Beryl A....
January 10, 2020
Medical technology company Masimo is suing Apple, saying that the company stole trade secrets related to its health monitoring technology and also stole away key employees, according to a report...
April 22, 2019
Zillow has filed two lawsuits against Compass, accusing its rival of stealing Seattle-based Zillow’s intellectual property, as well as hiring employees who violated their non-compete agreements. The suits, filed in Washington...
