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Why This Award-Winning Piece of AI Art Can’t Be Copyrighted (www.wired.com)
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Why This Award-Winning Piece of AI Art Can’t Be Copyrighted::Matthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.”

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[–] roboticide@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Drugs are patented, not copyrighted, and handled by the US Patent Office. This is a decision by the US Copyright Office.

Not the same thing, and I would not be surprised if the Patent Office decides drugs designed in part with AI tools can still be patented, while the Copyright Office decides art cannot be copyrighted.