Can AI-generated art be copyrighted? A US judge says not, but it’s just a matter of time
Evelyn Waugh famously held that taking a keen interest in ecclesiastical matters was often “a prelude to insanity”. Much the same might be said about newspaper columnists taking an interest in intellectual property law. But let us take the risk. After all, you only live once – at least until Elon Musk creates an electronic clone of himself.
On Friday 18 August, a federal judge in the US to copyright an artwork that had been created by an AI. The work in question is, to the untrained eye at least, no
