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Can you copyright AI art? |
A case that tested the bounds of how copyright law applies artificial intelligence-generated art was handed a blow by a U.S. District Court. |
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Judge Beryl Howell said the U.S. Copyright Office "acted properly" in denying a copyright to a work of art created by an AI tool. The scientist behind the tool, Stephen Thaler, sought to protect the artwork, according to a Friday ruling. Ryan Abbott, an attorney for Thaler, said in an email "we strongly disagree" with the court's decision and plan to appeal. "In our view, the law is clear that copyright is intended to benefit the American public by promoting the generation and dissemination of new works, regardless of how those works are made," Abbott said. The case is based on Thaler's creation of what he calls the "Creativity Machine," an AI tool that generates art. Thaler sought to register a piece of art created by the tool, titled "A Recent Entrance to Paradise," with the Creativity Machine identified as the author and himself as the "work-for-hire to the owner of the Creativity Machine." Howell wrote that "human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright" in her decision to uphold the denial of a copyright. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter, I'm Rebecca Klar — tracking the latest moves from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. |
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The Biden administration will drop its current efforts to evaluate the nation's smog pollution standards and start again, in what environmentalists are describing as an unnecessary delay. In a letter dated Friday to a panel of science advisers, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan said he would restart the agency's review of regulations for ground-level ozone, a key ingredient in smog. … |
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| Automaker Stellantis has threatened to move the production of Ram 1500 pickup trucks from suburban Detroit to Mexico, a union leader said Sunday. "Then it said they want to take their Ram 1500 [internal combustion engine] and send it to Mexico," said United Auto Workers (UAW) vice president Rich Boyer at a "Sunday Solidarity" rally in Warren, Mich., on Sunday with hundreds of union members. Boyer, who leads the … |
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The Biden administration on Monday continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and loans to build more broadband infrastructure in the rural U.S. "With this investment, we're getting funding to communities in every corner of the country because we believe that no kid should have to sit in the back of a mama's car in a McDonald's parking lot in order to do homework," said Mitch … |
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News we've flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics: |
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Study links screen time , development delays |
A study published Monday in The Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics found an association between babies who were exposed to more screen time and developmental delays The New York Times reported. |
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Apple to show podcast creators more info |
Apple will show podcast creators who subscribe to a new analytics tool more information about their subscribers, including how many switch from free trials to paid subscriptions, The Verge reported. |
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Threads to launch desktop version | Meta's Threads platform, a competitor to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, will launch a web version this week to accopmany the mobile app, The Wall Street Journal reported. |
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Branch out with other reads on The Hill: |
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slams Facebook for blocking Canada wildfire news |
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday accused Facebook of putting profits over people's safety during the emergencies created by Canada's record wildfire season. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced earlier this summer it would keep its promise to … |
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — John Warnock, who helped invent the PDF and co-founded Adobe Systems, has died. He was 82. The Silicon Valley entrepreneur and computer scientist died Saturday surrounded by family, Adobe said in a statement. The company didn’t give a cause of death or say where Warnock … |
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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House Republicans on Monday subpoenaed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, seeking information about a program that allows citizens of … Read more |
| John Eastman became the first of former President Trump's 18 co-defendants in the recent Georgia indictment to reach a bond agreement, court filings … Read more |
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