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US, China Take the Lead in Race For AI: UN (reuters.com)
China and the United States are ahead of the global competition to dominate artificial intelligence (AI), according to a study by the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published on Thursday. From a report: The study found U.S. tech giant IBM had by far the biggest AI patent portfolio, with 8,920 patents, ahead of Microsoft with 5,930 and a group of mainly Japanese tech conglomerates. China accounted for 17 of the top 20 academic institutions involved in patenting AI and was particularly strong in the fast growing area of "deep learning" - a machine-learning technique that includes speech recognition systems.
"The U.S. and China obviously have stolen a lead. They're out in front in this area, in terms of numbers of applications, and in scientific publications," WIPO Director-General Francis Gurry told a news conference. U.S. President Donald Trump has accused China of stealing American innovations and technology and has slapped trade tariffs on $234 billion of Chinese goods to punish Beijing.
"The U.S. and China obviously have stolen a lead. They're out in front in this area, in terms of numbers of applications, and in scientific publications," WIPO Director-General Francis Gurry told a news conference. U.S. President Donald Trump has accused China of stealing American innovations and technology and has slapped trade tariffs on $234 billion of Chinese goods to punish Beijing.
They hold the most patents. That's all. We're still a far cry from answering the all important question: What does "AI" mean anyway?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
The same UN that facilitated illegal oil for money trades with Iraq under Saddam to make Kofi Annan's son wealthy. Which led directly to the reasons for the US invasion of Iraq.
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That UN that supports corruption for their leadership's personal gain even if it causes war and mass causalities? The fact that they haven't done anything about that incident shows the UN isn't about keeping peace, they are about collecting money and power and not above doing so unethically.