"...if AI is going to be how we're inventing things in the future, the whole intellectual property system will fail to work."

Scientists are trying to list AI as the inventor on a new patent

Recursive Inventions

Right now, AI algorithms can't be granted patents. The restriction originally served as a worker protection, but now it's creating a problem for engineers.

Scientists Are Trying to List AI as the Inventor on a New Patent

They say rules requiring that patents go to humans are outdated.

Sexual offenders seeking parole will need to take testosterone inhibitors for however long the court decides.

New law: Alabama will chemically castrate pedophiles

Dialing Down

A new law in Alabama will require that inmaes convicted of sexual crimes against a minor seeking parole will need to be chemically castrated.

New Law: Alabama Will Chemically Castrate Pedophiles

Alabama is the seventh state to enact a chemical castration law for convicted pedophiles.

Want to improve society? Legalize marijuana.

Seven ways cannabis legalization will make the future better

Helpful Hemp

Cannabis legalization is picking up steam across the nation. Here are seven ways the future stands to benefit from ending the war on weed.

Seven Ways Cannabis Legalization Will Make the Future Better

Everything from the environment to the economy benefits from legal weed.

Right now, there's no legal framework preventing people from destroying or selling culturally-important landmarks in space.

Lawyer: People could try to sell the Apollo Moon footprints

Space Tourism

Air and Space Law professor Michelle Hanlon argues that if we don't draft new laws, the destruction of landmarks that happens on Earth will repeat in space.

Lawyer: People Could Try to Sell the Apollo Moon Footprints

"There is no law against running over the first bootprints imprinted on the moon."

QuadrigaCX still has time on its stay, but now its customers are equipped for a class-action suit.

Users of crypto site where dead CEO lost $196M preparing to sue

Drawing Straws

QuadrigaCX has about two weeks left to its stay to raise the money it owes before anyone can sue, but a judge just appointed law firms to its customers.

Users of Crypto Site Where Dead CEO Lost $196M Are Preparing Suit

The Nova Scotia Supreme Court appointed law firms Miller Thomson and Cox & Palmer.

Researchers hope it'll "become the definitive document on military and security law as it applies to space."

Four universities are trying to figure out space law

Space Law

A team of four universities is working on the comprehensive guide to all existing space law, a field they argue is currently too jumbled to make sense of.

These Four Universities Are Trying to Figure Out Space Law

They won't draft any new legislation, but will assemble every rule pertaining to space that's out there.

But its tech can't replace human lawyers just yet.

This startup wants to automate law firms

AI Legalization

Tech startup Ironclad wants to help law firms automate legal work. It's a vision of a future in which automation threatens increasingly complex jobs.

This Startup Is Trying to Automate Law Firms

Ironclad streamlines some of the paperwork that bogs down legal professionals.

A decision that bolsters the complex Right to be Forgotten.

Google ordered to remove search results under "Right to be Forgotten"

Future Society

Google was ordered to remove search results for a man's criminal record when a judge ruled they were no longer relevant to the public.

Google Ordered to Remove Search Results Under "Right to be Forgotten"

Google initially refused to remove references to the two criminal records — clearly, the tech giant is still interested in acting as the arbiter of all online information.

Court Orders Google to Remove Results for Man’s Criminal Record Under “Right to be Forgotten”

20 human attorneys were pitted against LawGeex’s AI in reviewing five non-disclosure agreements.

The verdict is in: AI outperforms human lawyers in reviewing legal documents

Artificial Intelligence

A new study from LawGeex reveals AI can review legal documents in a fraction of the time it takes human lawyers, all without sacrificing accuracy.

The Verdict Is In: AI Outperforms Human Lawyers in Reviewing Legal Documents

AI v. Humans — another case closed. 

Op-Ed

In 2007, 1 in 5 U.S. high school science teachers reported experiencing community backlash for teaching evolution.

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