Can an AI hold a patent for new inventions? Not according to the EU

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Can an AI hold a patent for new inventions? Not according to the EU
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EU patent office says only humans can be inventors as it rejects applications for beverage holder and signalling device created by artificial intelligence

Researchers in England filed two patent applications on behalf of an AI. The AI invented two unique devices: a beverage holder and signal device. The applications were rejected because there was no human inventor.

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