US Copyright Office Rules AI-Generated Images from Text Cannot be Copyrighted, with Exceptions.

The US Copyright Office has ruled that images generated by AI models in response to text prompts cannot be copyrighted in the US. The office stated that the "traditional elements of authorship" are determined and executed by the technology, not the human user. However, it left the door open to granting copyright protections to works with AI-generated elements, depending on the circumstances. The ruling came after the office determined that images generated by Midjourney and used in a graphic novel were not copyrightable.