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MoFo Tech brings together legal insights and in-depth analyses on trends and complex issues shaping the global technology industry, covering fields such as blockchain and distributed ledger, cloud and SaaS technologies, driverless cars, drones, FinTech, computer hardware and software, the IoT, semiconductors, and telecommunications.

December 16, 2022 - Artificial Intelligence
AI Trends for 2023 - FDA Regulatory
By: Erin M. Bosman
In September 2022, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) released its Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Software Guidance and the final report on the Software Pre-Certification Pilot Program. The new FDA policies move away from prized flexibilities in the previous guidelines governing software products.
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December 15, 2022 - Artificial Intelligence
AI Trends for 2023 - AI Technology Leads Patent Filing Growth
By: Jonathan Bockman and Joshua A. Crawford
The prevalence and power of AI technologies are rapidly expanding, both at the captivating cutting-edge of creative AI models like the DALL-E image generator and the ChatGPT chatbot, and in the increasing pervasiveness of household and industrial applications of AI systems like autonomous vehicles
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December 14, 2022 - Artificial Intelligence
AI Trends for 2023 - AI in Automated Manufacturing
By: Stephanie Lynn Sharron
AI as applied to manufacturing will continue to trend upward, along with associated product liability concerns. Manufacturers will continue to seek out and implement solutions that integrate tools that use AI (including machine learning) to automate the manufacturing floor. Vendors of these tools may
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December 13, 2022 - Artificial Intelligence
AI Trends for 2023 ‒ Generative AI Continues to Make Content Creation Easier
By: Anna Yuan
Improvements in AI’s image modeling and natural language processing capabilities have opened up new opportunities for content creators in business and artistic fields. Specialized AI models are being used by marketing teams to generate content like blogs, social media posts, emails, advertisements, and other
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December 12, 2022 - Artificial Intelligence
AI Trends for 2023 - Bioinformatics
By: Anna Yuan
From improving genomic sequencing to discovering new drug formulations, AI plays a key role in advancing biomedical research. In particular, the field of bioinformatics, which involves the collection and interpretation of biological data using software tools, is undergoing a period of rapid transformation and
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December 09, 2022 - Artificial Intelligence
AI Trends for 2023 - Increasing Product Liability for AI and Software in the EU
By: Kristina Ehle and Stephan Kreß
The EU is ramping up strict and tort product liability for faulty AI and software. The current revision of the Product Liability Directive 85/374/EEC includes AI, software, and even digital services in the IoT space in the scope of “products” that fall under strict
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December 08, 2022 - Mergers + Acquisitions, Artificial Intelligence
AI Trends for 2023 - AI Industry Faces Continued Headwinds In 2023
By: Jim Krenn and Andrew P Dixon
While the AI industry has continued to attract venture capital and produce exits in 2022, headwinds in the venture capital and broader capital markets have, as compared to 2021, resulted in a decrease in the number of venture capital financings and exits, as well
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October 07, 2022 - Litigation
Supreme Court to Address Section 230 for First Time
By: J. Alexander Lawrence, Aaron P. Rubin and Dillon Kraus
On October 3, 2022, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in Gonzalez v. Google LLC, No. 21-1333, to address the scope of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The Court will consider whether Section 230(c)(1) immunizes website operators and other online service
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August 09, 2022 - Artificial Intelligence
Federal Circuit Agrees with the USPTO on Inventors: Only Human, After All
By: Tessa Schwartz
The Federal Circuit made headlines when it affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia’s holding that an artificial intelligence (AI) cannot qualify as an “inventor” under the Patent Act – only (human) “individuals” can. The patent application at the heart of
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December 15, 2021 - Artificial Intelligence
AI Trends For 2022 - Export Control/CFIUS
By: Charles L. Capito
AI and machine learning technologies remain a focus of the U.S. government’s national security apparatus. AI is a key sector in the Unites States’ race against China to remain at the forefront in the development and deployment of emerging technologies, and a concern for
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