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> Isn't AI just a tool here like any other?

In this case, no, because the human involved explicit sought a copyright registration listing the AI as the author, and claims that the work was entirely the product of the AI.

(In point of fact, yes, the AI is a tool used by a human, and to the extent the work may be copyrightable, copyright should have been sought listing the human author; but that's not what happened, and the case deals with the legality of what was actually sought, not what arguably should instead have been sought.)

> Non tech people deciding on tech cases.

Almost as bad as non law people commenting on law cases.




My comment was in relation to the one about the monkey making a photo. You are right though, I haven't read the case and just relied on comments to assume the court rejected the copyright claim "because it was created by AI" which I now see is not what happened, thank you.




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