On Monday local time, the US Federal Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal case concerning whether 'artworks generated by artificial intelligence can receive copyright protection,' upholding the lower court's ruling that AI-generated works do not meet the criteria for copyright protection. This means that under the current US legal framework, artworks entirely generated by AI without human creative involvement will not be eligible for copyright registration and protection. The central figure in the case is computer scientist Stephen Thaler, who previously applied to the US Copyright Office to register copyright for an AI-generated image in the name of an algorithm system he developed, but was rejected.
