Computer scientist Dr. Stephen Thaler attempted to file two patent applications in the name of an AI model he created.
The United Kingdom’s top court has rejected an appeal from a computer scientist who has been trying to get his AI model recognized as the inventor of two new patented products.
In its judgement, the court said computer scientist Dr. Stephen Thaler couldn’t have his AI product — DABUS — recognized as the inventor of a food container and a flashing light beacon.
The Dec. 20 judgementwas reached unanimously and supported earlier decisions made by the U.K. Court of Appeal and U.K. High Court.
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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/uk-court-rejects-patents-two-inventions-birthed-by-ai