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Supreme Court Upholds Human-Authorship in AI Art Case

3/3/2026

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  • The Supreme Court declined to hear Stephen Thaler's challenge to AI-generated art copyright for his artwork "A Recent Entrance to Paradise," preserving the U.S. Copyright Office's human-authorship rule.
  • Thaler's appeal had previously been upheld by lower courts.
  • Thaler's related patent applications for AI-generated inventions were rejected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.