AI machine cannot be called an inventor, rules UK court
英国最高法院：AI机器不能被列为专利发明人
Ruling ends long-running case as judges conclude that an ‘inventor’ must be a ‘natural person’
法官们得出结论，发明人必须是自然人。这一终审裁决为多年的法律挑战画上句号。
The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that a machine cannot be named on a patent as the inventor of new products or ideas, in a landmark decision that tackles the issue of who — or what — can claim credit for innovative creations.
英国最高法院裁定，机器不能在专利中被列为新产品或创意的发明人，这项具有里程碑意义的判决厘清了谁——或者说什么——可以获得发明创造的荣誉的问题。
The country’s highest court unanimously rejected a challenge, which has been working its way through the courts since 2018, that would have seen artificial intelligence tools designated as inventors.Wednesday’s decision puts an end to the case in the UK.
最高法院一致驳回了自2018年以来一直在通过法院发起的一项挑战，该挑战意在把人工智能(AI)工具列为发明人。周三的裁决代表着此案在英国画上句号。
The case goes to the heart of questions about what rights and protections machines deserve. Those questions have grown increasingly complex as a result of rapid developments in the technology this year, which have included AI matching or outperforming humans on a range of tasks.
此案涉及有关机器应该得到什么权利和保护等问题的核心。由于相关技术在今年的快速发展——其中包括AI在一系列任务上赶上甚至超越人类——这些问题变得越来越复杂。
