"Incredibly enough, there is a really simple way to [protect artists from #AIpredation]…

The #CopyrightOffice has maintained—correctly—that #AIgenerated works cannot be copyrighted… That is why the “monkey selfie” is in the #publicdomain. #Copyright is only awarded to works of human creative expression that are fixed in a tangible medium.

…they have defended this principle vigorously in court, repeatedly winning judgments to uphold it." @pluralistic

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur