One man's quest to get an AI machine a patent gathers momentum

South Africa and Australia's decision that an AI machine can be listed as inventor on a patent is putting pressure on the US, Europe to resolve the issue

Ryan Abbott’s eight-year quest to put man and machine on a near-equal footing under international patent law is finally seeing positive results.
 
Recent decisions from South Africa and Australia that an artificial intelligence machine can be listed as inventor on a patent is putting greater pressure on the US and Europe to resolve debates over what it means to be an inventor.
 
“We’re moving into a new paradigm where not only do people invent, people build artificial intelligence that can invent,” said Abbott, a University of Surrey law professor and author of the 2020 book, “The Reasonable Robot: