Supreme Court Upholds Human-Only Copyright Protection

The US Supreme Court this week declined to hear computer scientist Stephen Thaler’s appeal, effectively affirming that only human-created works are eligible for federal copyright protection and excluding AI-generated art. The dispute involved a visual work, 'A Recent Entrance to Paradise,' which Thaler said his AI system DABUS produced independently. The decision leaves Copyright Office and lower-court standards intact, requiring significant human creative control for registration.