China Thrashes U.S. In Global AI Patent Race—Here’s Why That Doesn’t Mean It’s Winning The AI War

China has filed more than 38,000 generative AI patents since 2014, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This figure accounts for 70% of the more than 50,000 patents filed globally over the last decade and far outpaces the number of patents filed by the United States, which stands at nearly 6,300.

China holds 70% of global generative AI patents, having filed more than 38,000 patents for generative AI inventions since 2014, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This figure does not account for other forms of AI such as autonomous driving1.