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Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy, and Protecting Free Speech

From Communications of the ACM

Proposing a framework for a decentralized market where no one party controls the flow of information.

Marshall Van Alstyne, Michael D. Smith, Herbert Lin | April 1, 2023

From ACM Opinion

Can AI Invent?

Recent patent applications for two inventions that are claimed to have been made by an AI are bringing these questions to the fore. Nature Machine Intelligence
From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2022

From ACM Opinion

Artificial Intelligence Is Breaking Patent Law

Inventions devised by machines require their own intellectual property law and an international treaty. Nature
From ACM Opinion | May 24, 2022