The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has decided that AI systems cannot patent inventions for the time being . Experts are skeptical that artificial intelligence can currently invent without human help, a recent IPO consultation found. The IPO said that current law allows humans to patent inventions made with the assistance of artificial intelligence, and despite misunderstandings, this is not the case. An appeals court ruled against Stephen Thaler last year, who had said his Dabus AI system should be credited as the inventor of two patent applications: a food container and a flashing light. By a two-to-one majority, the judges upheld the position that an IPO must be a real person to be an inventor. Justice Laing wrote in her ruling: “Only people have rights—not machines.” “A patent is a statutory right that can only be granted to individuals.” But the IPO also said it would “need to understand our How the IP system can protect AI-designed inventions in the future” and works to drive international discussions to keep the UK competitive.
Many AI systems are trained using massive amounts of data copied from the internet. The IPO also announced plans on Tuesday to amend copyright law to allow legal access for all — rather than limited to those conducting non-commercial research, as it is now — in the public interest to “promote the use of artificial intelligence techniques and broaden ‘data mining’.” technology.” Rights holders can still control and charge for access to their works, but can no longer charge extra for the ability to mine them. In the consultation, the IPO noted that the UK is one of the few countries that protects computer-generated works without human creators. It said the “author” of a “computer-generated work” was defined as “the person who made the necessary arrangements for the creation of the work”. The term of protection is 50 years from the date of completion of the work. Performing arts workers union Equity has called for changes to copyright laws to protect actors’ livelihoods from artificial intelligence content, such as generating “deepfakes” with images of their faces or voices. The IPO said it would take the issue seriously, but “the impact of AI technology on performers is still unclear at this stage.” The agency said it “will continue to focus on these issues.”
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