ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,538, issued on Sept. 15.

"Detection of artificial authors" was invented by Claude-Alain Roten (Vevey, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method for determining if a questioned text has been produced by a human or by a generative artificial intelligence based conversational agent. The method includes the steps of: retrieving from the test text a feature (y) representing the redundancy of the test text; using this feature for determining if the test text has been produced by a human or by a generative artificial intelligence based conversational agent."

The patent was filed on Oct. 23, 2024, under Appli...