The German multinational Merck has developed a system that uses a combination of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain tech to establish the authenticity of unique physical objects. As Merck reports in a press release Jan. 30:
“The new technology uses machine learning to link physical objects to a blockchain through their own unique identifiers or ‘fingerprints‘.”
The patent (No. 10,193,695 ) relates to the formation of ‘crypto-objects’, which Merck says link physical objects to a blockchain through the use of unique identifiers or ‘fingerprints'.