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You cannot copyright AI generated material in the US

The US Copyright Office has ruled that a book cannot be copyrighted because portions of it were generated by AI, raising questions about the future of copyright for works created with AI assistance.

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You cannot copyright AI generated material in the US
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This is a bit of an interesting conundrum -- US Copyright office states I cannot copyright my book because some of it was AI written. Unfortunately I did not save the initial Claude Code generated portions of the book (my estimate of 50% survived my edits). So while I could amend the copyright statement, it does not mean much -- who knows if it was AI or me at this point. Does this mean an effective end to copyright for writing if the majority of material is actually produce in conjunction with AI?

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