Sorry AI, only humans can invent things, UK supreme court rules

AI cannot be named on a patent as the inventor of a new idea or product, said the UK’s top court in a ruling that raises existential questions about our relationship with ever-more intelligent machines. Handing down the judgment on Wednesday, Lord Kitchin said: “We conclude that an ‘inventor’ must be a natural person. Only a person can devise an invention.” The case was first heard back in 2018 by Imagination Engines founder Stephen Thaler, who sought patents naming his …

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