Microsoft is developing a way to eliminate hallucinations, or false responses, in artificial intelligence (AI) models. It filed U.S. Patent Application No. 18/140,658, entitled “Interacting with a Language Model using External Knowledge and Feedback,” in April 2023. The application published on October 31, 2024, and became available for public inspection.

The patent specification describes a

In the early to mid-2000s, Yahoo! worked to develop and refine its search engine capabilities.  During this period, Yahoo! obtained U.S. Patent Nos. 8,341,157, 7,698,329; 8,209,317; 9,805,097; and 8,527,623, which are generally related to improving the quality of search engine results. For example, the ’623 Patent relates to a method of detecting a user vacillation

Businesses are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to innovate. This trend brings about new risks to intellectual property (IP), including new challenges in procuring IP protection and new risks of IP infringement. Part I of this two-part post will focus on IP procurement.

Patenting an invention requires pinning down the correct inventorship. Yet, the U.S.