UK appeals court overturns AI neural networks decision
Court determined that artificial neural networks cannot be patented as they are considered computer programs | AI developers will ‘need to consider and identify a technical effect’ to obtain a patent | Decision seems to ‘return that bar firmly back to its previous position’.
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