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The Conversation
When humans use AI to earn patents, who is doing the inventing?
Law professor Keith Robinson explores how the advent of generative artificial intelligence has sent shock waves across industries, from the technical to the creative. AI systems that can generate viable computer code, write news stories and spin up professional-looking graphics have inspired countless headlines asking whether they will take away jobs in technology, journalism and design, among many other fields. These new ways of doing work and making things raise another question: In the era of AI, what does it mean to be an inventor?
The article has appeared in several outlets nationwide, including SFgate.com, Yahoo, Bioethics.com and the Albany Times Union.
March 14, 2025
The News & Observer
2 NC colleges ranked among the ‘most beautiful’ in the US. Is your alma mater on the list?
Two of North Carolina’s most prestigious universities have been named one of the most beautiful across the country. From the east coast to the west, Condé Nast Traveler released a list of 54 schools that could be considered some of “America’s most magnificent architectural masterpieces” – including Duke University in Durham and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem.
March 14, 2025
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