Supreme Court Denies AI as Patent Inventors in Landmark Case

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear computer scientist Stephen Thaler's appeal against the US Patent and Trademark Office's refusal to issue patents for inventions created by his AI system. Thaler argued that AI is being used to innovate in various fields and that rejecting AI-generated patents "curtails our patent system's ability - and thwarts Congress's intent - to optimally stimulate innovation and technological progress." The lower court had ruled that patents can only be issued to human inventors and that Thaler's AI system could not be considered the legal creator of two inventions.