Chinese tech company Baidu has filed a record 155 AI patents in the country, according to a report by the Patent Public Advisory Committee. The study revealed a global uptick in AI patents, as Baidu beat off the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Microsoft, Tencent and Samsung. It also led the pack in patents for natural language processing, smart search and recommendation, speech recognition and autonomous driving. However, China is still behind the US, Japan and Europe in overall patent filings.
Chinese tech company Baidu has filed a record 2,368 AI patents in the country, according to a report by the Patent Public Advisory Committee. The study revealed a global uptick in AI patents, as Baidu beat off the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Microsoft, Tencent and Samsung. It also led the pack in patents for natural language processing, smart search and recommendation, speech recognition and autonomous driving. However, China is still behind the US, Japan and Europe in overall patent filings.