Computer scientist's lawsuit over AI-generated inventions rejected by US Supreme Court.
The US Supreme Court has rejected 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's DABUS system created unique prototypes for a beverage holder and emergency light beacon, but the patent office and a federal judge rejected his patent applications on the grounds that DABUS is not a person. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld those decisions last year, stating that US patent law requires inventors to be human beings.