Illustrator Matt Furie is bidding to reclaim his amphibian character after it was co-opted online as a popular meme associated with white supremacy and neo-Nazi values by members of the so-called alt-right. The lawsuit, filed with a federal court in California, seeks damages from the Alex Jones-fronted brand over a poster featuring the allegedly unauthorised image of Pepe alongside Jones, Donald Trump and a number of other prominent anti-establishment right-wing figures, including Milo Yiannopoulos, Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge and Roger Stone. The poster's slogan reads "MAGA", an acronym standing for President Trump's 2016 campaign slogan "Make America Great Again." Furie's lawyers allege InfoWars used the character's likeness without prior authorisation and made the poster available for purchase in its online store without permission. Originally conceived as a "peaceful frog-dude" in 2005, Furie's cartoon was first drawn on Microsoft Paint and appeared in an early online comic called Boy's Club, popularised on MySpace.

Critics' corner: The WSJ editorial board said Mr. Cohn's departure was "a significant blow" to Mr. Trump's presidency. The NYT editorial board said Mr. Cohn had done "an awful job," which still probably represented "the high-water mark for economic thinking" for this White House. And his former boss, Lloyd Blankfein, said he had served his country "in a first class way." Today's DealBook Briefing was written by Andrew Ross Sorkin on the road, and Michael J. de la Merced and Amie Tsang in London. The political bloc formally announced its plan to counterattack, including taxing American goods like Harley-Davidsons and bourbon and filing a challenge with the World Trade Organization.

This post features the fifth episode of the JohnWright.ai Episode 5 is entitled Artificial Intelligence and Governance featuring Kristen Thomasen as my guest. Kristen is an Assistant Professor of Law, Robotics and Society at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Kristen is a leading expert in Canada on robotics law and policy and she focuses her research on legal, ethical and social issues related to robotic technologies and artificial intelligence. Her position as professor of law, robotics and society is actually the first in North America to be specifically designated that way.

Whether she meant to do it or not, the student invoked a well-established concept derived from the realm of torts: strict liability. Strict liability applies to inherently dangerous activities, like speeding (not knowing the speed limit won't get you out of a ticket), using explosives or husbanding dangerous animals. Even if all proper precautions are taken, if a construction blast injures a pedestrian, in most states strict liability assigns fault to those responsible, no explanations or excuses.

In 2021 the UK government intends the country to be well on its way to a driverless future. No, not a cheap joke about Brexit -- yesterday it announced a three-year regulatory review to "pave the way for self-driving cars". This follows the budget, in November, when the government announced a tranche of funding for technology innovations -- including AI and driverless cars -- and said it wants to establish a looser framework for testing self-driving vehicles "without a safety operator" with the stated aim of getting driverless cars on the roads by 2021. The law review meshes with that goal, though the government is clearly giving itself a very tight timetable for resolving regulatory complications and passing the necessary legislation. The myriad technological challenges of ensuring autonomous vehicles can operate safety and efficiently in all weather conditions are really just one portion of the challenge here.

Autonomous vehicles, biometric recognition, virtual assistants and robo-advisors - these are just some of the many examples of artificial intelligence-powered technologies impacting our daily lives. They promise us increased safety, efficiency and productivity, but at what cost to our privacy, security and liberty? Host John Wright explores these topics with his guests discussing legal, ethical and public policy issues related to new and emerging technologies powered by artificial intelligence.

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Federal prosecutors say the individuals created false profiles on online dating sites including Match.com and MillionaireMatch.com and contacted men and women across the U.S. on the pretense of starting romantic relationships.

Leading artificial intelligence company iFlytek Co Ltd is developing an AI-enabled system to assist courts in judging criminal cases, as the company steps up its push to accelerate the commercial application of its technology. The move came after the company was authorized by the Ministry of Science and Technology to build China's first national laboratory for cognitive intelligence. The company, affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China, a premier school in the country, is partnering with Shanghai High People's Court to test the smart trial system. "We now can use AI to help judges review four types of cases, namely murder, theft, telecom fraud and illegal fundraising," said Liu Qingfeng, chairman of iFlytek. "The number will jump to 79 types by the end of this year," he said.

In recent years, the environmental issues have triggered debates, discussions, awareness programs and public outrage that have catapulted interest in new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence finds application in a wide array of environmental sectors, including resource conservation, wildlife protection, energy management, clean energy, waste management, pollution control and agriculture. Artificial Intelligence (also known as AI) is considered to be the biggest game-changer in the global economy. With its gradual increase in scope and application, it is estimated that by 2030, AI will contribute up to 15.7 trillion of the global economy which is more than the current output of China and India combined. The UN Artificial Intelligence Summit held in Geneva (2017) identified that AI has the potential to accelerate progress towards a dignified life, in peace and prosperity, for all people and have suggested to refocus the use of this technology, that is responsible for self-driving cars and voice/face recognition smart phones, on sustainable development and assisting global efforts to eliminate poverty and hunger, and to protect the environment and conserve natural resources.