China has surged ahead in the global race for generative AI patents, according to a recent UN report, despite U.S. sanctions.
What Happened: China has taken a commanding lead in the field of generative AI, surpassing the United States by a significant margin, as per a UN report published on Wednesday.
Generative AI, which encompasses the creation of text, images, computer code, and music from existing data, has seen an explosion of patents, with over 50,000 applications submitted in the past decade.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) revealed that China filed over 38,000 GenAI patents between 2014 and 2023, a figure six times higher than the 6,276 patents filed by the United States during the same period.
The report also highlighted the ...