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The Hidden Trap in AI Innovation: Proving Human Conception

The real risk in AI-assisted invention is not the use of AI itself. The risk is that you cannot prove what the human actually invented. If the human contribution cannot be tied to the conception of the claimed subject matter, the patent system has nothing to reward.

7 minute read July 01, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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Carla Kim and Daniel Block
The Hidden Trap in AI Innovation: Proving Human Conception

Imagine a lab platform that combines a generative model, robotic automation and an active-learning loop. The platform proposes experiments, runs them, reads the results and iterates on its own. Eventually, it finds a novel enzyme mutation that boosts activity twenty-fold.

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