United States Supreme Court: AI can't own anything
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What is the significance of AI-generated art in today's society?
AI-generated art was all over the internet and social media. You can tell a chatbot to create an original watercolor of the Golden Gate Bridge or the Manhattan skyline, and the results are stunning, sometimes indistinguishable from human work. And then comes the question nobody prepared for. Who owns it? Engineer Stephen Thaler used his own AI software to create an original image and then tried to register the copyright with his AI listed as the creator. The Copyright Office said no. So he sued. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court. And the answer came back the same way it started. A machine cannot own anything under United States law. Not a patent, not a copyright, not a single brushstroke.
The art exists, but it has no legal owner. Speaking of AI, sign up for my new free weekly newsletter at splashofai.com. And now a clip from my weekend show, The Kim Commando Show. It's pretty much the best radio show in the world, but I may be just a little biased. Sit back and enjoy.
Who attempted to register a copyright for AI-generated content?
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What was the Supreme Court's ruling on AI ownership of intellectual property?
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How does the concept of ownership apply to AI-generated art?
ExpressVPN.com slash Kim. All right, do you remember when it was really easy to spot AI photos? I mean, people had six fingers, skin that looked like plastic. Not anymore. The line between real and fake isn't just blurred, it's pretty much non-existent. So with this in mind, how do you spot the AI fakes? This is really great. You might want to try this. Google's new Synth ID. You see, whenever Google's AI makes an image, it hides an invisible watermark in the pixels. Now, you can't see it, but the software can. It works even if someone crops the photo or edits it. So if you suspect you're looking at an AI-generated photo, just upload it to the Gemini app, ask, where is this created with AI? Gemini checks for that invisible watermark and gives you the straight scoop.
Now the catch, yeah, there's always one. It finds Google's own fakes perfectly, but if that picture was made by ChatGPT or another AI tool, you're left in the lurch. You know that thing that you don't know what it is? A weird bug in the kitchen, a cable in a drawer, the plant that your neighbor has. Instead of you going to Google and trying to describe what it is, open up your favorite AI chat bot, take a picture of it, and then you say, what is this? It will come back and tell you. Then you can say, is this bug dangerous? Where can I buy this plant? What's the cheapest place to get this cable? Should a doctor see this rash on my butt? You can do all of that by... just using AI and you don't have to be a caveman anymore typing into Google, red berry bush with pointy leaves.
No, not anymore. I'm not giving ChatGPT any butt pictures. You should not, that's for sure. When my son was in junior high of high school, I found this really wonderful tutor who specialized in prepping kids for that dreaded Scholastic Aptitude Test. Yes, the SAT. But now, thanks to Gemini AI, those SAT tutors might be out of a job. Now, of course, we all know that a huge number of jobs, customer service reps, admin assistants, data analysts, paralegals, junior software developers, and other entry-level positions will be replaced by AI.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the significance of AI-generated art in today's society?
0:00–0:59
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Who attempted to register a copyright for AI-generated content?
0:59–1:38
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What was the Supreme Court's ruling on AI ownership of intellectual property?
1:38–1:57
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How does the concept of ownership apply to AI-generated art?
1:57–4:58