A report this week from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) found the number of AI-related patents filed each year more than doubled between 2002 and 2018.
Why it matters: The increase in patent applications is just one way to chart the growing role artificial intelligence is playing in the U.S. economy.
President Trump's policy legacy is as much defined by what he's ignored as by what he's involved himself in.
The big picture: Over the past four years, Trump has interested himself in only a slim slice of the government he leads. Outside of trade, immigration, a personal war against the "Deep State" and the hot foreign policy issue of the moment, Trump has left many of his Cabinet secretaries to work without interruption, let alone direction.
AI and automation are receiving a boost during the coronavirus pandemic that in the short term is creating a new hybrid workforce rather than destroying jobs outright.
The big picture: While the forces of automation and AI will eliminate some jobs and create some new ones, the vast majority will remain but be dramaticallychanged. The challenge for employers will be ensuring workforces are ready for the effects of technology.
