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AI, Copyright, and the Human Edge
New Copyright Report Rethinks AI Authorship
Imagine waking up one day to find that lines of code can produce the next best-selling novel, chart-topping song, or award-winning painting. That’s the world artists, writers, and musicians are discovering, and fearing, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI). But as AI gains popularity and creative prowess, it sparks a question we haven’t had to ask in quite this way before: who really owns what a machine creates?
Recently, the U.S. Copyright Office released its second major report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2: Copyrightability. It examines everything from the ethics of scraping countless copyrighted works for AI training to whether your carefully worded prompt is enough to grant you full ownership of the AI’s final output. Despite all the excitement around cutting-edge technology, the report underscores a timeless principle: the law sees creativity as an endeavour for humans.
Let’s explore how this new report shapes creative industries, highlighting real-world insights and future scenarios for creators, tech innovators, and investors standing on the frontier of machine-made art.
