<div dir="auto">My understanding is they can still patent it, just that they must list only human names on the patent application where it asks for inventors.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There was an AI called the "invention machine" a few decades ago that used genetic programming algorithms to find novel designs, which were subsequently patented.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What or methods were used to help find a certain technique or drug isn't asked for on a patent applications today, and I suppose the person who supplied the prompt could put their name down as the inventor.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Most journals are following a similar direction, they don't allow adding AIs as authors even when they contribute substantially or more than any human coauthor.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jason </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 8, 2026, 12:25 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I am not against using AI to invent and generate intellectual property, <br>
but I wonder how the laws against it will affect things like drug <br>
development. I mean big pharma typically won't make a drug to combat a <br>
disease unless they can patent it. Are they going to make an exception <br>
in the new AI laws for large corporations?<br>
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Stuart LaForge<br>
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