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Software patents poised to make a comeback under new patent office rules — Ars Technica

This week the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) proposed new rules that would make it easier to patent software, writes Ben Klemens.

Here is the link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/software-patents-poised-to-make-a-comeback-under-new-patent-office-rules/

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OpenAI is pursuing a new way to fight A.I. ‘hallucinations’ — CNBC

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The FDA will apparently let Elon Musk put a computer in a human’s brain — The Verge

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