Plaintiff Stephen Thaler sued the US Copyright Office to try and have his AI system listed as the creator of an artwork. But a federal judge ruled against him, because "human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright." A federal judge ruled that a piece of art generated by AI can't be copyrighted, a decision that could have consequences for Hollywood studios. In Friday's ruling, US District Judge Beryl Howell upheld the Copyright Office's decision to reject Thaler's copyright application. But if studios can't gain copyright protections over any work produced by AI, that could temper such ambitions.

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Persons: Stephen Thaler, Thaler, Beryl Howell, Howell, David Slater Organizations: US, Office, Hollywood, The Hollywood Locations: Hollywood