Singular, a company founded by computer scientist Joseph Bates in Massachusetts (USA), has just accused Google of copying its technology and using it to support artificial intelligence (AI) features in popular Google applications such as Google Search, Gmail, Google Translate and other services.
In 2019, Singular filed a lawsuit, alleging that Joseph Bates shared computer processing improvements with Google from 2010 to 2014. In 2016, Google introduced its tensor processors to train AI for speech recognition, content generation, ad recommendations, and other functions.
Singular said Google's tensor processor, which is intended to enhance the tech giant's AI capabilities, copied Joseph Bates' technology and infringed on two patents. Versions 2 and 3 of the processor, introduced in 2017 and 2018, infringed on the company's patents.
Singular is now suing Google, seeking damages of up to $7 billion, twice the largest patent infringement penalty in US history.
In December 2023, Google spokesman Jose Castaneda told the court that Google had been developing its processors “independently for years” and that they worked completely differently from Singular’s patented technology. Google also argued that Singular’s patents were “problematic” and invalid.
Google will face a federal jury in Boston in a trial expected to last two to three weeks. On January 9, the Washington appeals court heard oral arguments in Google’s appeal to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to invalidate Singular’s patents.
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