The Valley Current®: What is AI's likely impact on IP law?

What a fine line between protectible invention and expression (as opposed to public domain idea and unprotected material) in AI-generated content? This, in turn, leads us to question just how “involved” AI can be in an invention and writing with a human still claiming ownership of the results. AI is quickly reshaping industries, but as AI capabilities grow, the issues of ownership and IP become more complicated. The USPTO’s guidelines now allow patents for human-instigated AI inventions, but not AI as the sole inventor. The use of AI is also creating new ethical boundaries with bots like ChatGPT potentially generating content that inadvertently exposes company trade secrets. Is this plagiarism or are we heading into a future where nearly everything belongs to the public as public domain? Professor Michael Risch and host Jack Russo scrutinize the contentious question of software patents, debating the degree of human involvement in AI inventions and the implications on IP rights generally. Is human intention and direction enough to generate IP rights if most of the “work” is produced automatically through AI?  

https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2024/06/26/genai-is-rapidly-making-its-way-into-law-schools/ 

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