The United States Copyright Office's 2023 guidelines clarify the copyrightability of AI-generated and AI-assisted works, emphasizing that meaningful human input is necessary for copyright protection. The USCO determined that while a comprehensive work may be copyrightable, individual AI-generated images may not qualify unless they reflect original human creativity. Case studies, such as Kris Kashtanova's works, illustrate the nuances of this decision, reaffirming a need for human guidance to overcome mechanical replication in creative outputs.
By requiring human contribution beyond just operating an AI tool, the USCO extends copyright protections to endeavors that contribute to the advancement of human creativity.
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