Understanding the impact of artificial intelligence on contractual intellectual property provisions - Knowledge - Clayton Utz

Complex contracts usually contain clauses which specify who will own the Intellectual Property (IP) which arises from, or goes into, a project. But what happens when a non-human entity creates original work under the contract? While the fully automated Artificial Intelligence (AI) envisioned in the science-fictional world of killer robots is yet to be realised, smaller-scale AI is commonplace in day-to-day life. AI can be simply defined as technology which performs tasks that would normally require the brain of a human to complete, such as autonomous decision-making. AI programs can have the capacity to learn independently and improve their own processes.