Federal Judge Rules A.I.-Generated Art Isn't Copyrightable
The unsurprising ruling reasserts that human beings are an “essential part of a valid copyright claim.”
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The unsurprising ruling reasserts that human beings are an “essential part of a valid copyright claim.”
Art generated by artificial intelligence (AI) tools can’t be copyrighted under current law, a U.S. district court judge ruled. Judge Beryl Howell said the U.S. Copyright Office “acted properly” in denying a copyright to a work of art created by an AI tool after the scientist behind the tool, Stephen Thaler, sought to protect the…
Thaler had attempted several times to copyright the image "as a work for hire to the owner of the Creativity Machine," which would have listed the author as
United States District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell found that AI-generated artwork can’t be copyrighted, putting to rest a lawsuit against the US Copyright Office over its refusal to copyright an AI-generated image.
A US court ruled that creative work made by artificial intelligence is ineligible for copyright, a significant ruling amid the ongoing Hollywood writer's strike.