South Africa recently became one of the first countries in the world to grant a patent to an invention that was created by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
An interlocking food and beverage container based on fractal geometry has been awarded a patent by South Africa’s Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC). Confirmation of the patent was published in the commission’s journal on 28 July 2021.
However, unlike most of the patents listed in the CIPC’s latest journal, this container was not conceptualized by a human. The patent identifies Dabus –the Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Sentience- as the inventor.
Dabus’s creator, Stephen Thaler, is the owner of the patent awarded by the CIPC.
South Africa is the only country in the world that has awarded a patent to Dabus’ invention.
Sources: Business Insider, ArtificialInventor.com
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