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When humans use AI to earn patents, who is doing the inventing?

  • Written by W. Keith Robinson, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
imageOnly humans can be awarded patents, but AIs can do a lot of the work to earn them.lineartestpilot/iStock via Getty Images

The advent of generative artificial intelligence has sent shock waves across industries, from the technical to the creative. AI systems that can generate viable computer code, write news stories and spin up professional-looking...

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