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Baidu, the Chinese tech giant, has unveiled its answer to ChatGPT – the AI chatbot Ernie Bot. However, it seems like investors were less than impressed when Baidu CEO Robin Li presented a prerecorded video of the chatbot, causing shares to plummet by 10%. Even so, Li said that the chatbot had been the subject of (See more)
The US Copyright Office has released new guidelines regarding whether artistic works created using artificial intelligence (AI) can be protected by copyright law. Copyright eligibility will depend on whether the AI’s involvement in the work is a result of mechanical reproduction or reflects the author’s creative input. The Copyright Office reiterated that copyright protection hinges (See more)
Iowa has become the sixth state in the US to pass a comprehensive data privacy law, which applies to companies that control or process data of at least 100,000 Iowa consumers, or control or process data of at least 25,000 Iowa consumers and derive 50% of their revenue from the sale of personal data.
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