China wrestles with ‘quantity over quality’ in generative AI patents

China has filed for more patents than any other country, but US export controls are not its only hurdle.

August 9, 2024

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Though China has emerged as the world’s top producer of generative AI patents, it is struggling to turn many of its ideas into action due to US export controls and longstanding struggles with its innovation culture at home, reports Al-Jazeera.

In his conversation with Al-Jazeera, Alex He pointed out the absence of required abundant resources to turn China's dream (of becoming world’s top producer of generative AI patents) into reality, “Although China filed the most generative AI patents in the world, far more than the US, much of these Chinese patents did not and were unable to be translated into …

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