Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban on Monday said the value of patents has declined in the age of artificial intelligence, while trade secrets have become increasingly important as AI models are trained on patent applications and can be prompted to identify workarounds.
Patents Lose Value In AI Era Responding to a post on X discussing Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella's "Reverse Information Paradox" essay from earlier this week, Cuban questioned whether patents still provided meaningful protection for intellectual property (IP).
"You may think your IP is protected.
It's not," Cuban said in a post on X, adding that AI models are trained on patent applications while also being prompted to identify workarounds or competing approaches.
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