Can AI Be an Author? Federal Court Asked to Decide in New Copyright Case

Can AI Be an Author? Federal Court Asked to Decide in New Copyright Case
People check their phones as AMECA, an AI robot, looks on at the All In artificial intelligence conference in Montreal on Sept. 28, 2023. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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OTTAWA—The Federal Court of Canada is being asked to declare that only humans — and not artificial intelligence — can be considered authors under Canada’s copyright law.

It’s the first court case in the country testing how the Copyright Act treats artificially generated content, like the text, images and videos created by systems such as ChatGPT.