Jul 16, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Government
The USPTO’s recent landmark decision (16/524,350) concluding artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be a named patent inventor perhaps sparked fears of super-robots inventing critical technologies that, alas, receive no patent protection. If an AI identifies...
Jul 9, 2020 | Detroit, Featured, Government, Mobility
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer formalized the launch of an Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME) last week to support transportation innovation efforts already underway in cities across the state. Chief Mobility Officer Trevor Pawl told Smart...
Jul 2, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, Government
The Moving Forward Act is a $1.5-trillion, 2,300-page bill that would touch almost every aspect of American life, from the roads we drive on to the way rural communities get broadband internet, from improving ports and train networks to investing in schools and child...
Jun 25, 2020 | Government, Justice
Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey is set to announce sweeping new technological changes to the province’s justice system today, CBC News has learned. The COVID-19 pandemic has essentially ground the wheels of justice to a halt in Ontario, adding to an...
Jun 25, 2020 | Business, Featured, Government
The president, who has battled Twitter and other tech companies over alleged censorship of conservative voices on social media platforms, said in late May he would propose legislation to potentially scrap or weaken the law shielding internet companies, in an...
Jun 18, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Featured, Government
Federal safety regulators on Monday launched an effort to get companies working on autonomous vehicle technology to share more data about the limits of their systems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is creating an online source so consumers can see...
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