AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted, rules a US Federal Judge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge United States District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell ruled on Friday that AI-generated artwork can't be copyrighted, as noted by The Hollywood Reporter. She was presiding over a lawsuit against the US Copyright Office after it refused a copyright to Stephen Thaler for an AI-generated image made with the Creativity Machine algorithm he'd created. Thaler had tried multiple times to copyright the image "as a work-for-hire to the owner of the Creativity Machine,...