United States Courts

March 19, 2011 - According to Reuters, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled on Tuesday, local time, that AI-created works that do not involve human beings are not eligible for copyright protection. The court supported the U.S. Copyright Office's position that images generated by DABUS, an AI system designed by Stephen Thaler, are not eligible for copyright protection, and that only works created by humans can be copyrighted. 1AI has learned from the report that the U.S. Copyright Office has previously denied artists' rights to images created by the MidjourneyAI system...

The Decoder reports today that a federal court has ruled in favor of a Massachusetts student who was punished by his school for failing to explain the use of AI technology in an assignment. The case could provide important legal guidance for how schools manage AI use. According to court records, a student at Hingham High School used Grammarly's AI capabilities to complete portions of a history assignment without explanation. The school detected the violation through the Turnitin software, and problems with the assignment itself were revealed:...