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U.S. court will soon rule if AI can legally be an ‘inventor’

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Can artificial intelligence (AI) be legally listed as an inventor? After all, if AI can legally invent products, the number of patents on drug-discovery tools will shoot up fast. The issue is…
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AI is embedded everywhere at Walmart

At Walmart, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are everywhere.  You won’t see it as you walk down the aisles of a Walmart store. You won’t feel it when you pick up a Walmart package from your stoop. And you won’t notice it when you search Walmart’s website for everything from paper towels to toys.  But today, AI and ML is embedded throughout the Walmart organization…
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How AI is shaping the future of work

Talent management’s many challenges in keeping employees engaged are helping to define the future of work. Every organization is struggling to meet its need for experts who bring new skills, made more difficult by high attrition rates and a competitive job market. Chief…
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Papercup enhances AI dubbing capabilities with new $20M

Papercup, a startup based in the U.K., has raised $20 million for an AI-powered dubbing service for translating speech and expression into other languages. The funding will allow Papercup to enhance their research around expressive voices, expand into new languages and scale…
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AI-powered legal ediscovery helps dig through data at scale

If there is one thing common to all legal cases, it is documents. In decades past, the evidence collected in litigation was often confined to digging through folders and filing cabinets, in a process called discovery. Today, electronic discovery, or ‘ediscovery,’ is the name of the game – with paper documents replaced by millions of emails, Slack messages and Zoom calls. MarketsandMarkets…
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This AI attorney says companies need a chief AI officer — pronto

When Bradford Newman began advocating for more artificial intelligence expertise in the C-suite in 2015, “people were laughing at me,” he said.  Newman, who leads global law firm Baker McKenzie’s machine learning and AI practice in its Palo Alto office, added that when he mentioned the need for companies to appoint a chief AI officer, people typically responded, “What’s that?” But…
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