Ai-Da Robot, the world's first ultra-realistic humanoid robot artist, appears at a photo call in a committee room in the House of Lords in London, England. Opinion polls show that people are growing increasingly uneasy about artificial intelligence, and yet the technology is expanding into almost every walk of life and becoming more and more embedded in the way we live. So how do we bring greater transparency to how AI works and help to allay people's fears? Peter Scott is the founder of the Next Wave Institute and the author of Artificial Intelligence and You. SCOTT: Fear might be justified, but it's not productive.

"One of the agency's top priorities is to ensure that the United States maintains its leadership in innovation, especially in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). To that end, the USPTO has been actively engaging with the innovation community and experts in AI to determine whether further guidance is needed to promote the predictability and reliability of intellectual property rights relating to AI technology and to encourage further innovation in and around this critical area." Browse USPTO leadership's speeches, blogs, and events about AI and learn more about our approach. Find our Federal Register Notices (FRNs) on AI and responses to see how policy is shaped. Discover other resources for AI and learn about cross-government goals shared by other federal entities.