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February 22, 2022 02:05 pm
Original Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/02/22/145235/the-us-copyright-office-says-an-ai-cant-copyright-its-art?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=fee
The US Copyright Office Says an AI Can't Copyright Its Art
The US Copyright Office has rejected a request to let an AI copyright a work of art. From a report: Last week, a three-person board reviewed a 2019 ruling against Steven Thaler, who tried to copyright a picture on behalf of an algorithm he dubbed Creativity Machine. The board found that Thaler's AI-created image didn't include an element of "human authorship" -- a necessary standard, it said, for protection. Creativity Machine's work is named "A Recent Entrance to Paradise." It's part of a series Thaler has described as a "simulated near-death experience" in which an algorithm reprocesses pictures to create hallucinatory images and a fictional narrative about the afterlife. Crucially, the AI is supposed to do this with extremely minimal human intervention, which has proven a dealbreaker for the Copyright Office. The board's decision calls "the nexus between the human mind and creative expression" a vital element of copyright. As it notes, copyright law doesn't directly outline rules for non-humans, but courts have taken a dim view of claims that animals or divine beings can take advantage of copyright protections.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/02/22/145235/the-us-copyright-office-says-an-ai-cant-copyright-its-art?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=fee
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