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12. Copyright protections are diminished

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Purely AI-generated works provide very little creative or financial benefit in general because of their non-exclusivity.

Eyes glowing, she stares off to the side. Maybe out of a window. Arms made of patterns, hair out of lines, and a dress made of negative space.

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The copyright protection for AI-generated works is severely diminished.

Machine-generated works are not protected by copyright in the US and unlikely to be protected in the EU. This means that you have no recourse if somebody decides to reuse that work in harmful contexts. An AI-generated app icon, for example, can be reused freely by scam artists. Attempting to present AI-generated output as your own is fraud and can expose you to litigation.

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Date June 25, 2024
Topic Intelligence Illusion
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