AI Executive Order Seeks Patent, Copyright Office Guidance (2)

President Joe Biden’s executive order unveiled Monday to regulate artificial intelligence requires the US Patent and Trademark Office to work with the US Copyright Office to shape new directives and recommendations governing the technology’s adoption.

The PTO has been tasked with issuing guidance on how AI’s role in inventions should be analyzed and coordinating with the Copyright Office to draft recommendations about the use of copyrighted materials in AI training, according to the order directing the US government to take a sweeping approach to AI regulation. The offices’ inputs are necessary to “promote innovation and clarify issues related to AI ...