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British authors want Meta to answer for alleged copyright infringement

Engadget

These cases are shining a light on the unscrupulous behaviour exhibited by global tech companies which seemingly exploit copyright-protected material, safe in the knowledge that they will not be held to account," the Society of Authors' letter stated. The lawsuit's plaintiffs include writers Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

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Young Coders Are Using AI for Everything, Giving "Blank Stares" When Asked How Programs Actually Work

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The foundational knowledge that used to come from struggling through problems is just missing," he added. They're shipping code faster than ever," Goel wrote in a recent blog post , titled fittingly "New Junior Developers Can't Actually Code." Sure, the code works, but ask why it works that way instead of another way? Crickets,"he wrote.

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Are you ‘AI literate’? Schools and jobs are insisting on it—and now it’s EU law

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California recently passed a law requiring AI literacy to be incorporated into K-12 curricula starting this fall. The EU goes further, requiring companies that produce AI products to train applicable staff to have the “skills, knowledge and understanding that allow providers, deployers and affected persons.

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Law Commission proposes revolutionary rules for ownership of crypto tokens and NFTs

TechCrunch

Dr. Adam Sanitt is a Knowledge Director specializing in financial disputes, technology and innovation at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. The Law Commission’s consultation paper has considered the many opposing views and settled decisively on one option: treating digital assets as a new form of property. Adam Sanitt.

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IPRally is building a knowledge graph-based search engine for patents

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Co-founded by CEO Sakari Arvela, who has 15 years experience as a patent attorney, IPRally has built a knowledge graph to help machines better understand the technical details of patents and to enable humans to more efficiently trawl through existing patients. It brings the total raised by the 2018-founded company to €2.35

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Doing good, wrong? The role of philanthropy in keeping people safe

Candid

Inconsistent legal and regulatory framework: While federal laws such as the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act provide guidelines for child protection, safeguarding practices for other vulnerable groups and in broader contexts are less defined.

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Will the Law Commission’s digital assets final report make the UK a DeFi jurisdiction of choice?

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Adam Sanitt Contributor Dr. Adam Sanitt is a knowledge director specializing in financial disputes, technology and innovation at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. The English Law Commission, in its final report on digital assets, proposes to solve this riddle with a new approach that might make the U.K.

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