Google's AI innovations trigger multibillion-dollar US patent trial

Google’s AI innovations trigger multibillion-dollar US patent trial،

Being part of Google's legal team must be quite a ride, considering how often the tech giant faces different charges. Recently, after a years-long legal battle, a federal jury in the Epic vs. Google antitrust lawsuit declared the Google Play Store to be a monopoly, but apparently the legal turmoil doesn't stop there. Reuters, Google is preparing for a trial in Boston over allegations that the processors it uses for AI technology infringe patents owned by Singular Computing, founded by computer scientist Joseph Bates. The accusation extends to Google Search, Gmail, Google Translate and other services.

Singular Computing, led by Bates, claims that Google copied its technological innovations, seeking $7 billion in damages, double the largest patent infringement award ever awarded in the United States (related to pharmaceutical sector).

Google's answer? Spokesman José Castaneda called Singular's patents “doubtful” and said the company develops its processors independently. “We look forward to setting the record straight in court” Castaneda said.

The trial, which is expected to last two to three weeks, stems from Bates sharing its processing innovations with Google between 2010 and 2014. Singular claims that Google's tensor processing units, enhancing AI capabilities, have copied Bates' technology and infringed patents.

Google introduced these processors in 2016 for speech recognition, content generation, ad recommendations, and more. Singular argues that versions 2 and 3, introduced in 2017 and 2018, violate patent rights.

TPUs are not typically found in consumer hardware like smartphones or laptops. Instead, they operate in the background within Google's infrastructure, providing the computing power needed to run sophisticated AI and ML (machine learning) algorithms that underpin many of Google's services. 'business.

Google argues that its processors are unique and work in a different way than Singular's patented technology. For this reason, Google believes that Singular's patents should not be considered valid.

The legal drama also extends to a U.S. appeals court in Washington, where arguments over the invalidation of Singular's patents will play out in a separate case appealed by Google. Quite a legal confrontation!