Self-learning humanoids are here

Almost 8% of patent filings at the EPO in 2023 were for computer technology, which includes the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence. But which types of AI are growing especially fast and why? What do experts mean when they say that 2024 is the year of the embodiment of AI? And could the next superantibiotic be designed by AI?

Moderator:

Jeremy Philpott, EPO Communications manager

Guests:

Wiebke Hinrichs, EPO patent examiner

André Fonseca dos Santos, EPO patent examiner

EPO's Patent Index