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US Patent Office Issues New Guidelines For AI-Assisted Inventions – Slashdot
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued new guidelines outlining when inventions created with the help of AI can be patented. From a report: USPTO Director John Squires said on Wednesday in a notice set to be...
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Origin story of domestic cats rewritten by genetic analysis
Genetic evidence has revealed that domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe and East Asia in...
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Could Shiitake Mushrooms Power Future Tech?
From the honey in your tea to the blood in your veins, materials all around you have a hidden talent. Some of these substances, when engineered in specific ways, can act as memristors—electrical components that can “remember” past states....
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OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
Jennifer McKiernan,Political reporter,Paul Seddon,Political reporterandTom Gerken,Technology reporterBBCMr Hughes acknowledged the "deep disruption" caused, and said he took responsibility "on behalf of the OBR" for "inadvertently allowing" early access to document.Asked on Wednesday if he would resign, he said: "I've...
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Here are the 49 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025 | TechCrunch
Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised more than one “mega-round,” and seven companies raised...
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JustiGuide wants to use AI to help people navigate the US immigration system | TechCrunch
The U.S. immigration system is complex, hard to navigate, and expensive for immigrants. The startup JustiGuide claims it can help with that thanks to an AI-powered portal.The idea is to help immigrants in the U.S. — and eventually in...
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The 13 best popular science books of 2025
The challenge here is clearly highlighted on the book’s cover, where “positive” is coloured a bright shiny yellow. After...
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How Can Your Hotel Photos Help Combat Human Trafficking?
Abby Stylianou built an app that asks its users to upload photos of hotel rooms they stay in when they travel. It may seem like a simple act, but the resulting database of hotel room images helps Stylianou and...
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Event Sensors Bring Just the Right Data to Device Makers
Anatomically, the human eye is like a sophisticated tentacle that reaches out from the brain, with the retina acting as the tentacle’s tip and touching everything the person sees. Evolution worked a wonder with this complex nervous structure.Now, contrast...
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Researchers discover a shortcoming that makes LLMs less reliable
Large language models (LLMs) sometimes learn the wrong lessons, according to an MIT study.Rather than answering a...
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Cosmic butterfly seen in stunning new image captured by telescope in Chile
A telescope in Chile has...