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The USPTO issues new guidelines clarifying that generative AI is considered a tool that assists human inventors and cannot itself be considered an inventor (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Blake Brittain / Reuters:
The USPTO issues new guidelines clarifying that generative AI is considered a tool that assists human inventors and cannot itself be considered an inventor  —  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued new guidelines on Wednesday outlining when inventions created with the help of artificial intelligence can be patented.

The first Dune bombed, but it's still better than Timothée Chalamet's version

Here are 6 things the 1984 fiasco, which bombed at the box office and with critics, actually does better than the acclaimed 2020s movies

Stranger Things season 5 hinges on you knowing a sci-fi masterpiece

Madeleine L'Engle's classic science fantasy novel A Wrinkle in Time has parallels with Vecna and the Mind Flayer

After 13 years, Laura Bailey is finally playing her dream Critical Role character

Laura Bailey has a clear love for all her Critical Role characters, but it's only now that she's playing her dream one.

Nintendo's best Switch accessory was a cheap one everyone hated

The Switch's Joy-Con grip let me play in docked mode when a Pro Controller was out of budget, it's far more comfortable anyway