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Stephen Thaler said an AI system (not pictured) autonomously created a light beacon and other items.
  • The UK's supreme court has ruled that AI cannot be named as an inventor.
  • A computer scientist lost an attempt to register patents for inventions he said were made by an AI.
  • The Intellectual Property Office, High Court, and Court of Appeal previously made the same ruling.

The UK's supreme court has ruled that AI cannot be named as an inventor and secure patent rights. It follows earlier decisions from lower courts that reached the same conclusions.

On Wednesday, US computer scientist Stephen Thaler lost his attempt to register patents for inventions he says were created by his AI system, DABUS.