AI-assisted works can get copyright

Here’s the report from the US Copyright Office. Kind of a big deal if you work in publishing!<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.copyright.gov&#x2F;ai&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.copyright.gov&#x2F;ai&#x2F;</a><p>Some conclusions:<p>- Copyright protects the original expression in a work created by a human author, even if the work also includes AI-generated material.<p>- Copyright does not extend to purely AI-generated material, or material where there is insufficient human control over the expressive elements.<p>- Whether human contributions to AI-generated outputs are sufficient to constitute authorship must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.<p>- Based on the functioning of current generally available technology, <i>prompts do not alone provide sufficient control.</i><p>Noted.

So, Shira Perlmutter makes a report that it is fine to steal original works, ignore their copyright and then create new &quot;works&quot; with &quot;AI&quot;, which are copyright protected.<p>The laundering is complete. We may assume that Shira Perlmutter has never created anything of value.