According to IP Watchdog, there is a problem in the Patent Office with backlogs and the granting of bad patents, which could be solved by deploying artificial intelligence. 

Frakes and Wasserman cite sources saying that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is granting too many bad patents which “unnecessarily drain consumer welfare, stunt productive research, and unreasonably extract rents from innovators.”  They trace the problem to a lack of sufficient review time available to the examiner:

According to Futurism, AI is being used to study quantum mechanics. 

A new machine learning algorithm could probe the quantum behavior of molecules, giving chemists a better ability to design new compounds from scratch.

Artificial intelligence powered software is working its way into doctor’s offices, reports Associated Press. 

The next time you get sick, your care may involve a form of the technology people use to navigate road trips or pick the right vacuum cleaner online.