Is America’s Patent System Ready for the AI Arms Race?

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Gene Quinn discusses America's patent system and its readiness for the AI arms race with guest Rama Elluru.

Send us Fan Mail This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, our host and the founder of IPWatchdog, Gene Quinn, speaks with Rama Elluru, who is Senior Advisor for the Special Competitive Studies Project, which is a bipartisan non-profit initiative, which makes recommendations to strengthen America's long-term competitiveness for a future where AI and other emerging technologies reshape our national security, economy, and society. Rama brings a rare cross-disciplinary perspective to the conversation, ...

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Host: Gene Quinn

Guest: Rama Elluru

Topics covered

• patent system
• AI
• national security
• emerging technologies
• competitiveness

Keywords

• patent system
• AI arms race
• national security
• emerging technologies
• competitiveness

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Organizations: Special Competitive Studies Project

Places: America

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