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Can an elephant sue to leave a zoo? Colorado's top court must now decide

A legal case in Colorado questions if five zoo elephants can be considered 'persons' under the law, potentially allowing them to sue for freedom.

US Patent Office: AI is all well and good, but only humans can patent things | TechCrunch

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has stated that only a person can receive official protections for intellectual property, including patents.
AI-assisted inventions are not categorically unpatentable but AI systems themselves cannot be named as inventors legally.
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