ARIANA ISSAIAS AND RICHARD ODONGO: Accelerated evolution of AI raises many legal considerations
Laws addressing copyright, patenting and data privacy will have to be updated
15 June 2023 - 05:00
While artificial intelligence (AI) is not new, some of the legal questions it raises are. Copyright, patenting and data privacy are three issues that legislators and the courts across the world will need to consider closely given AI technology’s rapidly evolving capabilities.
The first patent application seeking to name an AI system as the “inventor” has already been tested in the legal system of the US, the outcome being that, based on current law, AI cannot be an inventor. ..
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