Recent United Nations data shows that China is ahead of other countries in filing patents for generative artificial intelligence (or GenAI) inventions.
联合国最新数据显示,中国在申请生成式人工智能发明专利方面领先于其他国家。
China has filed six times more patents than the United States.
中国申请的专利数量是美国的六倍。
Generative AI produces text, images, computer code and even music from existing information. Generative AI is growing quickly with more than 50,000 patent applications filed in the past ten years, the World Intellectual Property Organization (or WIPO) says.
生成式人工智能从现有信息中生成文本、图像、计算机代码甚至音乐。世界知识产权组织表示,生成式人工智能正在迅速发展,在过去十年中提交了超过50000份专利申请。
WIPO is a UN agency that oversees a system for countries to share recognition of patents. Around 25 percent of the patent applications were filed in 2023 alone, WIPO said.
世界知识产权组织是一家联合国机构,负责监督各国专利互认体系。世界知识产权组织表示,仅在2023年,就有约25%的这类专利申请被提交。
"This is an area that is growing at increasing speed. And it's somewhere that we expect to grow even more," WIPO’s Christopher Harrison told reporters recently.
世界知识产权组织的克里斯托弗·哈里森最近对记者表示:“这是一个正在以越来越快的速度增长的领域。我们预计这一领域还会增长得更快。”
China filed more than 38,000 GenAI inventions between 2014-2023. In comparison, the United States filed 6,276 over the same period, WIPO said.
2014-2023年间,中国提交了超过3.8万项生成式人工智能发明。世界知识产权组织表示,相比之下,美国同期提交了6276份申请。
Harrison said the Chinese patent applications covered several areas from autonomous driving to publishing to document management.
哈里森表示,中国的专利申请涵盖了从自动驾驶到出版再到文档管理的多个领域。
South Korea, Japan and India placed third, fourth and fifth respectively, with India growing at the fastest rate, the data showed.
数据显示,韩国、日本和印度分别排名第三、第四和第五,其中印度的增长速度最快。
Among the top applicants were China's ByteDance - which owns the video application TikTok - Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group, and Microsoft, a backer of OpenAI which created ChatGPT.
申请数量最多的包括拥有视频应用TikTok的中国字节跳动公司、中国电子商务公司阿里巴巴集团、以及作为创建ChatGPT的OpenAI支持者的微软公司。
WIPO's Harrison said while chatbots with the ability to copy human communication are already being widely used to improve customer service, GenAI could change industries like science, publishing, transportation or security. For example, Harrison said data suggests GenAI-created molecules might help speed up drug development.
世界知识产权组织的哈里森表示,尽管具有复制人类沟通能力的聊天机器人已经被广泛用于改善客户服务,但生成式人工智能可能会改变科学、出版、运输或安全等行业。哈里森说,例如数据表明生成式人工智能创造的分子可能有助于加快药物开发。
WIPO said it expects even more patents to be filed soon. And the agency plans to release a future update of the data, possibly using generative AI.
世界知识产权组织表示,预计很快会有更多的专利申请。该机构计划在未来发布一份数据更新,它可能就会使用生成人工智能。
I’m John Russell.
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By John Russell
07 July, 2024
Recent United Nations data shows that China is ahead of other countries in filing patents for generative artificial intelligence (or GenAI) inventions.
China has filed six times more patents than the United States.
Generative AI produces text, images, computer code and even music from existing information. Generative AI is growing quickly with more than 50,000 patent applications filed in the past ten years, the World Intellectual Property Organization (or WIPO) says.
FILE - Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words "Artificial Intelligence AI" in this illustration taken, February 19, 2024. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)
WIPO is a UN agency that oversees a system for countries to share recognition of patents. Around 25 percent of the patent applications were filed in 2023 alone, WIPO said.
"This is an area that is growing at increasing speed. And it's somewhere that we expect to grow even more," WIPO’s Christopher Harrison told reporters recently.
China filed more than 38,000 GenAI inventions between 2014-2023. In comparison, the United States filed 6,276 over the same period, WIPO said.
Harrison said the Chinese patent applications covered several areas from autonomous driving to publishing to document management.
South Korea, Japan and India placed third, fourth and fifth respectively, with India growing at the fastest rate, the data showed.
Among the top applicants were China's ByteDance - which owns the video application TikTok - Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group, and Microsoft, a backer of OpenAI which created ChatGPT.
WIPO's Harrison said while chatbots with the ability to copy human communication are already being widely used to improve customer service, GenAI could change industries like science, publishing, transportation or security. For example, Harrison said data suggests GenAI-created molecules might help speed up drug development.
WIPO said it expects even more patents to be filed soon. And the agency plans to release a future update of the data, possibly using generative AI.
I’m John Russell.
Emma Farge reported on this story for Reuters. John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.
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Words in This Story
patent -- n. a document that gives a person or company the right to be the only one that makes or sells a product for an amount of time
generative -- adj. describes using artificial intelligence algorithms to create complete units of content
application – n. a formal, written request for something
autonomous – adj. acting separately from other people or things
chatbot -- n. a program designed to chat with human beings