China beats the rest of the world in patents on generative AI
Published: Wednesday, Jul 3rd 2024, 10:20
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Artificial intelligence is electrifying the world. New applications are coming onto the market every day. One country beats them all when it comes to patent applications.
The topic of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to a veritable explosion of patent applications from China. In the field of generative AI, more patents have been filed from China every year since 2017 than from the rest of the world, as reported by the UN Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. Over a period of ten years, Germany was ranked 6th in the list of the most patent applications in this field.
With generative AI, users can produce text, images and other content based on training data. Examples include AI applications such as ChatGPT or Gemini.
China: 38,000 patents, Germany: 708 According to Wipo, companies and institutes from China have registered more than 38,000 patents in the field of generative AI in the ten years up to 2023. The USA was far behind with 6,300, followed by South Korea, Japan and India. The UK was in fifth place with 714, closely followed by Germany with 708, which, according to Wipo, has registered more patents than the UK in recent years.
The development of patent applications worldwide also shows that the field is booming: according to Wipo, there were 54,000 patent applications in the field of generative AI between 2014 and 2023, but more than a quarter of these were filed last year alone.
"Generative AI has emerged as a disruptive technology that has the potential to change the way we work, live and play," said Wipo Director General Daren Tang.
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