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Rachael Davies

AI cannot patent inventions, rules Supreme Court

The highest court in the UK has upheld its earlier decision to disallow artificial intelligence to be named as an inventor in a patent application.

The UK High Court and Court of Appeal had recently ruled in favour of the intellectual property office (IPO) in the case of technologist Dr Stephen Thaler. Dr Thaler wanted to have his AI, named Dabus, listed as the inventor of a food container and flashing light beacon.

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