Federal judge rules that AI can't be listed as an inventor on patents because US law requires that an “individual” take an oath that he or she is the inventor
A judge has ruled that an AI can't be listed as an inventor on a patent because an individual needs to take an oath affirming their invention and an AI doesn't meet the definition of an individual (i.e. a “natural person"). https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
While Brinkema said “the law is clear that it needs to be a human, I don't think the law is clear,” Gaudry said. “It's ambiguous. The wording indicates the legislators were not thinking about this possibility.” Well, yeah. https://www.bloomberg.com/...