Contrary to what leading tech companies claim, it is entirely possible to ensure that generative AI models respect copyright and compensate authors when appropriate. Now, regulators need to step up to hold the industry accountable for failing to do so.
SEBASTOPOL, CALIFORNIA – Generative artificial intelligence stretches current copyright law in unforeseen and uncomfortable ways. The US Copyright Office recently issued guidance stating that the output of image-generating AI isn’t copyrightable unless human creativity went into the prompts that generated it. But that leaves many questions: How much creativity is needed, and is it the same kind of creativity that an artist exercises with a paintbrush?
SEBASTOPOL, CALIFORNIA – Generative artificial intelligence stretches current copyright law in unforeseen and uncomfortable ways. The US Copyright Office recently issued guidance stating that the output of image-generating AI isn’t copyrightable unless human creativity went into the prompts that generated it. But that leaves many questions: How much creativity is needed, and is it the same kind of creativity that an artist exercises with a paintbrush?