A federal judge on Friday sided with the U.S. Copyright Office, ruling that images created by AI are not eligible for copyright protection—at least not as works attributed to the AI itself.

According to a report by the Hollywood Reporter, Judge Beryl Howell handed down the decision in the case of Stephen Thaler, the CEO of neural network firm Imagination Engines, who attempted to have art created by an AI copyrighted under the federal agency in 2018.

Thaler developed an AI tool called the Creativity Machine, and wanted the Creativity Machine to be the holder of the copyright.

The United States Copyright Office denied the registration, spawning the case Thaler v. Perlmutter, naming the copyright examiner that rendered the decision. The federal agency said the application lacked the necessary human authorship to qualify for copyright protection.

“In the absence of any human involvement in the creation of the work, the clear and straightforward answer is the one given by the Register: No,” Judge Howell said in affirming the denial, adding that U.S. copyright laws only protect human creations.

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