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  • Outside view of a regal Washington, DC government building with a tall American flag and tree tops in front.

    US Copyright Office opens public comments on AI and content ownership

    by 
    Will Shanklin
    Will Shanklin
    08.31.2023

    The US Copyright Office (USCO) wants your thoughts on generative AI and who can theoretically be declared to own its outputs. The technology has increasingly commanded the legal system’s attention, and as such office began seeking public comments on Wednesday about some of AI’s thorniest issues (via Ars Technica). These include questions about companies training AI models on copyrighted works, the copyright eligibility of AI-generated content (along with liability for infringing on it) and how to handle machine-made outputs mimicking human artists’ work.

  • AI artwork entitled "A Recent Entrance to Paradise" which depicts a verdant train-track and tunnel entrance, overgrown with lilac and green foliage.

    You can’t copyright AI-created art, according to US officials

    by 
    Kris Holt
    Kris Holt
    02.21.2022

    The USCO says copyrighted works 'must be created by a human being.'