Just logging back on to mark the end of a particular legal arc. Over the course of this blog I tracked how Copyright law was addressing the rapidly changing capabilities of generative AI models. You can see those posts at The Robot Authors and Return of the Robot Authors. To summarize, the Copyright Office decided … Continue reading Demise of the Robot Authors
Tag: artificial intelligence
Copy That AI!
How the gap in copyright law for AI-generated works leaves an opening for direct action by the artists who stand to lose their jobs.
An AI Crackpot Application
Whenever there's a new hot technology, be on the lookout for new hot garbage.
New AI Memo Just Dropped
The Copyright Office just issued a "statement of policy" memo on how they're going to handle AI-generated works.
Jurisfiction
If current U.S. law doesn't cover machine-generated works, what options are there for changing the law?
Return of the Robot Authors
An update on who owns the copyright when a machine makes the art. Spoiler: Nobody!
The Robot Authors
Can an AI system be named the "author" of a creative work? What if the AI asks very nicely?
The Time Machine Software
"This permits a robot to cure cancer, fight a war, write software, read a book learn to drive a car, draw a picture or solve a complex math problem in less than one second."
The Robot Inventors
I want to tell you about the guy who wants artificial intelligences to be recognized as inventors.
Patenting the odd, the impossible, and the unnerving 