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US feds say AI-generated prompt outputs can't be copyrighted

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If you use an AI image or text generator to make a work of “art,” does it belong to you? Or, in more relevant legal terms, can you copyright and sell the output while preventing others from selling it themselves? That’s a huge question hanging over the heads of anyone tempted to use AI tools for commercial products. And according to the latest guidance from the US Copyright Office… well, it’s complicated. The bottom line of the updated Report on…

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