China is the runaway leader in generative AI patent applications followed by the US, the UN says

FILE - Director General the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Daren Tang speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. China has far and away requested the most patents in the world when it comes to generative AI, the U.N. intellectual property agency said Wednesday, July 3, 2024, trailed by the United States in distant second. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File) GENEVA (AP) — China has requested far more patents than any other country when...