World first patent applications filed for inventions generated by AI

The multi-disciplinary international team is led by Professor Ryan Abbott at the University of Surrey. The AI inventor, named "DABUS" by its creator Stephen Thaler, relies upon a system of many neural networks generating new ideas by altering their interconnections. A second system of neural networks detects critical consequences of these potential ideas and reinforces them based upon predicted novelty and salience. Professor Adrian Hilton, Director of the Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing, said: "Modern AI may fundamentally change how research and development takes place. In some cases, AI is no longer a tool, even a very sophisticated tool; in some cases, AI is automating innovation."