When Should AI Art Be Protected by Copyright?

Because Allen used AI as a tool in the creation of the prize-winning image. Allen's final image applied AI software several times before coming up with the final picture he presented to the art competition. Allen said, "I made the prompt [to the AI program], I fine-tuned it for many weeks, curated all the images." Allen claims to have gone through 900 iterations before the final submission. This is a lot more than the 409 tries used to perfect Formula 409TM or the 40 iterations needed to find a successful formula for WD-40 TM.