UK's Highest Court Rules Against Registering AI Systems As Patent 'Inventors'

  • 5 months ago
On December 20, Britain's Supreme Court ruled that an artificial intelligence system cannot be registered as the inventor of a patent. Fox News reports that the decision essentially denies machines equal status as humans. According to the U.K.'s highest court, "an inventor must be a person" in order to apply for a patent under the current laws.