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China ranks first in generative artificial intelligence patents globally, filing more than 38,000 patent applications from 2014 to 2023, and is the world’s largest producer of new United Nations Report It was shown on Thursday.
That’s six times the number of applications filed by U.S.-based inventors, according to the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization.
Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that allows users to generate content such as text, images, music, audio, and video.
Geographically, China leads the way with 38,210 inventions, well ahead of the United States (6,276), South Korea (4,155), Japan (3,409) and India (1,350).
According to the report, generative AI patents currently account for 6% of all AI patents globally.
“The surge in patenting activity reflects recent technological advances and the potential of GenAI,” the report said.
Top 10 AI Patent Applicants from 2014 to 2023
Number of patents | |
Tencent | 2,074 |
Ping An Insurance | 1,564 |
Baidu | 1,234 |
Chinese Academy of Sciences | 607 |
IBM | 601 |
Alibaba Group | 571 |
Samsung Electronics | 468 |
alphabet | 443 |
Bytedance | 418 |
Microsoft | 377 |
sauce: united nations
China is trying to catch up with ChatGPT owner OpenAI and US tech giants Microsoft, alphabetGoogle and Amazon It was a late entrant into the development of large-scale language models (LLMs).
ChatGPT took the world by storm in November 2022 The ability to generate human-like responses to user prompts.
Last year, the Chinese tech giant Alibaba and Baidu We launched our own LLM to challenge the US LLM.
To strengthen its presence in the global technology race, China launches three-year “action plan” In May, the government will step up standards for AI chips and generative AI, aiming to build the nation’s computing power and promote technological and economic development.
“China [a] This is an untapped market for consumers, as well as business and industry partners, to innovate and help bring generative AI technologies to life. [in] “Different applications and industries use different specialized datasets,” Wei Sun, senior consultant in artificial intelligence research at Counterpoint Research, told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Thursday.
“The key to China winning is actually getting to deploy real applications in this area that allow them to outperform the U.S.”
According to the UN report, image and video data made up the majority of first-generation AI patents at 17,996, followed by text (13,494) and audio or music (13,480).
The agency said that by analyzing patenting trends and data, it aims to help policymakers “shape the development of GenAI for our common benefit.”