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Woman Sues After Prison Staff Decided To Use Her as Rape 'Bait'

Their plan: have someone hide in the ceiling to catch the assailant in the act.

Reason · Mar 4

AI-generated images still can't be copyrighted as US Supreme Court declines to hear case

AI-generated images still can't be copyrighted as US Supreme Court declines to hear case

AI users will have to demonstrate sufficient human authorship if they want copyright protections for images generated from prompts.

PC Gamer · Mar 3

Sorry A.I., No Copyrights for You

The D. C. Circuit concludes that software cannot be the author of a work for copyright purposes.

Reason · Mar 19, 2025

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People are "blatantly stealing my work," AI artist complains

Controversial competition winner still hopes to copyright his AI art.

Creative Bloq · Sep 28, 2024

"People think you just press a button and make a hit song - if it was that easy, everybody would have one": Who will pay the price for AI-generated samples?

We sit down with King Willonius, the "AI storyteller" behind the AI-generated track that ended up at the heart of the Kendrick vs Drake feud

MusicRadar · Jun 25, 2024

AI cannot patent inventions, rules Supreme Court

The case raises still more questions around issues of intellectual property in a world of AI

Evening Standard · Dec 22, 2023

U.K. Supreme Court deals bitter blow to AI-inventor patent hopes

AI's failure to be a person continues to be a problem.

Fortune · Dec 21, 2023

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Bill Gates’s AI predictions for 2024 - Tech & Science Daily podcast

All the stories from Thursday's episode of the Tech & Science Daily podcast.

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023

AI cannot be named as inventor, Supreme Court rules in patent dispute

Dr Stephen Thaler claimed a machine named DABUS autonomously invented products and that he is entitled to rights over them.

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023

AI systems can't be named as the inventor of patents, UK's top court rules

AI systems can't be named as the inventor of patents, UK's top court rules

Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that an artificial intelligence system can’t be registered as the inventor of a patent, denying machines the same status as humans

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2023

AI and the issue of human-centricity in copyright law

AI and the issue of human-centricity in copyright law

Policymakers and courts in India also need to assume a more cautious approach against diluting the human-centricity in copyright law

The Hindu · Nov 1, 2023

An old master? No, it’s an image AI just knocked up … and it can’t be copyrighted

An old master? No, it’s an image AI just knocked up … and it can’t be copyrighted

US ruling on works created through artificial intelligence gives boost to creative workers fighting for livelihoods

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023

Can AI-generated art be copyrighted? A US judge says not, but it’s just a matter of time

Can AI-generated art be copyrighted? A US judge says not, but it’s just a matter of time

American copyright legislation currently invokes a ‘human involvement’ criterion. But judging by the way smartphones have trivialised the ‘craft’ of photography, something has to give

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023

It's official: monkeys can't hold copyright over images, and neither can AI

It's official: monkeys can't hold copyright over images, and neither can AI

Judge rules that AI-generated art is not protected by copyright. "Human authorship is an essential part of a valid copyright claim"

Digital Camera World · Aug 25, 2023

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The Hindu · Aug 22, 2023

Today’s Cache | Canadian PM slams Facebook; U.S. denies AI art copyrights; Meta seeks to stop privacy breach fine

News snippets for Meta accused of putting profits over safety in Canada wildfire crisis, US court rules AI-created art not copyrightable, and Meta to challenge Norway regulator's fine for breaching user privacy.

Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2023

US court rules AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted

A US court has determined purely AI-generated artworks cannot be copyrighted

Salon · Aug 21, 2023

Judge: AI art can't be copyrighted

The ruling comes in the midst of an actors and a writers strike, in which AI in entertainment is a major issue

Creative Bloq · Aug 21, 2023

So AI art can't be copyrighted (but is this the end of the story?)

The legal ruling probably won't be the final word.

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Reason · Aug 21, 2023

No Copyright for Certain AI-Generated Works, but Maybe Yes for Others, if Prompts are Detailed Enough

From Thaler v. Perlmutter, decided Friday by Judge Beryl Howell (D.D.C.): Plaintiff Stephen Thaler owns a computer system he calls the "Creativity Machine," which he claims generated a piece of visual art of its own accord. He sought to register the work for a copyright, listing the computer system as…

Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2023

Congress ponders whether AI should have the power of the patent

Lawmakers are beginning to consider ways in which artificial intelligence systems are involved in inventive processes like discovery of new drugs, and how the use of such technologies affects what is, and is not, patentable.

Roll Call · Jun 13, 2023

Congress ponders whether AI should have the power of the patent - Roll Call

Lawmakers are beginning to consider ways in which artificial intelligence is involved in inventive processes like discovery of new drugs.

Bangkok Post · Mar 4, 2023

AI 'is no more of an inventor than your cat'

If an artificial intelligence (AI) machine can be named as an inventor for a patent, pet cats could be next, lawyers said at the United Kingdom's top court, arguing only humans can be inventors in law.

The Conversation · Dec 7, 2022

Can machines invent things without human help? These AI examples show the answer is ‘yes’

The question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) can invent is nearly 200 years old, going back to the very beginning of computing. Victorian mathematician Ada Lovelace wrote what’s generally considered the first computer program. As she did, she wondered about the limits of what computers could do.

Reason · Aug 5, 2022

AI Can't Be an "Inventor" Under the U.S. Patent Act

From Thaler v. Vidal, decided today by the Federal Circuit (Judge Tony Leonard Stark, joined by Chief Judge Kimberly Moore and Judge Richard Taranto): This case presents the question of who, or what, can be an inventor. Specifically, we are asked to decide if an artificial intelligence (AI) software system…

The Conversation · May 30, 2022

Artificial 'inventors' are pushing patent law to its limits

It was the veritable search for a needle in a haystack. With drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, researchers at MIT were sifting through a database of more than 100 million molecules to identify a few that might have antibacterial properties.

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