AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines to review the rule
2026-03-31
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The Supreme Court let stand the ruling that AI-generated art can't be copyrighted. "Human authorship" is now a hard requirement. Stephen Thaler's AI image "A Recent Entrance to Paradise" stays unprotected, matching the Copyright Office's 2022 call. Same logic as the ruling that AI can't be a patent inventor. Using AI as a tool in your creative process is still fine -- the line is whether a human directed the work.
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