Navigating the Complexities of Generative AI and Copyright Law

The rise of generative AI has raised questions about ownership and authorship. The generative ability of AI is the result of training them with scores of prior artworks, from which the AI learns how to create artistic outputs. This has led to questions about whether the artists whose art was scraped to train the models should be compensated, who owns the images that AI systems produce, and whether the process of fine-tuning prompts for generative AI is a form of authentic creative expression. The ways in which existing laws are interpreted or reformed will have real consequences for the future of creative expression.