Art Created By Artificial Intelligence Can't Be Copyrighted, US Agency Rules

Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene. Computers can now write poems, paint portraits and produce music better than many humans. The case will now head to federal court as the AI program's owner, Stephen Thaler, plans to file an appeal, according to Ryan Abbott, a Los Angeles-based attorney representing Thaler. The case arrives as artists are increasingly using AI to help generate artwork, including works produced by autonomous machines. Abbott, a partner at L.A.-based law firm Brown, Neri, Smith & Khan, noted that AI-produced artwork is creating significant commercial value, such as an AI-authored painting that sold for $432,000 at auction in 2018.