R&D-house InterDigital makes its money in the lab, creating new technologies, filing the necessary patents for them, and then monetizing those patents by securing intellectual property license agreements with companies it believes infringe on its creations. To this end, it is a future-looking firm, and always worth interrogating about what is around the bend. Our first briefing at MWC was speaking to Milind Kulkarni, VP Engineering, Product Development, and Innovation, and Douglas Castor, Head of Wireless Research. We had decided we needed a clear answer to the 6G network core question, and wanted to know what progress was being made on the AI front – and just how tangible those developments are becoming. On the latter point, it is notable…