Matthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.”

Why This Award-Winning Piece of AI Art Can’t Be Copyrighted::Matthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.”

  • @trashgirlfriendEnglish
    29•1 year ago

    iirc it was submitted to a small art contest without disclosing it’s AI generated and it won a prize… which made a lot of people very mad

    • @nandeEbisuEnglish
      11•1 year ago

      If this is the one in thinking of, they disclosed it was made using midjourney, but the judges didn’t know what that meant and didn’t ask.