Research Guides: Artificial Intelligence for Student Research: Copyright, Intellectual Property, and AI

Copyright, Intellectual Property, and AI

If I Create Content Using Generative AI Tools Can I Copyright It?

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At present, copyright protection is not extended to creations generated by Artificial Intelligence. The U.S. Copyright Office has released guidelines outlining the necessity of human authorship for copyright eligibility and offering instructions to creators collaborating with AI tools on how to properly and efficiently register their works.

US Copyright Office "Copyright and Artificial Intelligence"

Web Articles

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National Archives - "Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence"
(Summary) "The Copyright Office issues this statement of policy to clarify its practices for examining and registering works that contain material generated by the use of artificial intelligence technology."
Linkedin - "The Copyright Office issues this statement of policy to clarify its practices for examining and registering works that contain material generated by the use of artificial intelligence technology."
(Intro) "Recent innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) raise questions about how copyright law principles such as authorship, infringement, and fair use apply to content created or used by AI."
Who Owns DALL-E Images?
(Intro) "With artificial intelligence and some imagination, you can now create digital images that rival those of great artists. In July 2022, OpenAI, an AI research laboratory, released the beta version of its revolutionary image-generating AI model, DALL-E 2. With DALL-E 2 and its predecessor, DALL-E, artists and professionals can create all sorts of images in limitless styles, from Renaissance-like paintings to photographs. The creative uses are boundless. This raises a question: Who actually owns the masterpiece you make? The answer isn't as clear as you may think."
Harvard Business Review - "Generative AI Has an Intellectual Property Problem"
(Summary) "Generative AI, which uses data lakes and question snippets to recover patterns and relationships, is becoming more prevalent in creative industries. However, the legal implications of using generative AI are still unclear, particularly in relation to copyright infringement, ownership of AI-generated works, and unlicensed content in training data. Courts are currently trying to establish how intellectual property laws should be applied to generative AI, and several cases have already been filed. To protect themselves from these risks, companies that use generative AI need to ensure that they are in compliance with the law and take steps to mitigate potential risks, such as ensuring they use training data free from unlicensed content and developing ways to show provenance of generated content."
Forbes - "Who Ultimately Owns Content Generated By ChatGPT And Other AI Platforms?"
(Intro) "Before we all get too deep into using ChatGPT or other AI tools to create things for us, we need to address some of the questions raised around content custody, ownership, and attribution."