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California’s Legislative Session Ends Without Action on AI
After nearly seven months of lawmaking, California legislators ended this session without the passage of a bill regulating the development or deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) systems….By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
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AI Insights: Copyright Office Rejects Application for Refusal To Disclaim AI-Generated Elements
Copyright Office Rejects Application for Refusal To Disclaim AI-Generated Elements – The U.S. Copyright Office has once again refused to register a visual work that included elements generated using artificial intelligence (AI). In this most recent case, the work was a digital work submitted by Jason M. Allen entitled “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial.” The crux of…
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The Rise of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and the Next Generation of International Rules Governing Cross-Border Data Flows and Digital Trade
1. Introduction and Overview – Developing international rules for cross-border data flows and digital trade. Cross-border data flows are integral to the modern economy, enabling communications, financial transactions, access to a vast array of services, efficient manufacturing, medical research, and so much more. Cross-border data flows are even more important now with the rapid growth…
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DeFi protocol Uniswap and investors avoid suit for fraudulent activity on digital asset exchange
On August 30, 2023, in a case of first impression, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed in full a putative securities class action against Uniswap Labs, a decentralized finance (“DeFi”) digital asset exchange (“DEX”), Uniswap Foundation (together with Uniswap Labs, “Uniswap”), and Uniswap’s CEO and founder, Hayden Adams, as…
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D.S.C. Dismisses Most Claims Against Blood Temperature Regulator Device
South Carolina is a lovely state with mostly lovely weather, though this time of year its appearance on the map looks like the country’s jutted chin daring a hurricane to sock it. South Carolina courts have been known to sock it to defendants, particularly in asbestos cases….By: Reed Smith
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Russia-Ukraine War: Kim’s Tour in Russia Highlights Risk of Increasing Military Ties
While in Russia, the North Korean leader has visited a plant that makes fighter jets and viewed rockets similar to the ones his country hopes to build to launch military satellites.
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‘We Are Accidentally Alive’: A Muslim Cleric Reflects on His War Experience
Said Ismahilov fled Russians in eastern Ukraine and then fled the suburb of Bucha when the war began. Once the mufti of Ukraine, he is now a medic on the front line.
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After Rubiales’ Restraining Order, Spain’s Women’s Team Makes Demands
The players’ demands came on a day that a restraining order was granted against Luis Rubiales, the former head of the federation, who forcibly kissed a star forward, Jennifer Hermoso.
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As Junta Tightens Grip, Niger Is Being Strangled by Sanctions
Border closures and a freeze on financial transactions imposed after soldiers seized power are hurting millions, while Western nations remain divided over what to do.
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European Countries to Keep Some Missile Sanctions on Iran
U.N. sanctions are set to expire in October, as part of the 2015 nuclear deal. Other nations, including Russia, will be free to buy Iranian missiles and drones.