https://www.reddit.com/r/COPYRIGHT/comments/vshypc/the_us_copyright_office_on_june_29_2022_rejected/ https://www.reddit.com/r/COPYRIGHT/comments/vshypc/the_us_c

https://www.reddit.com/r/COPYRIGHT/comments/vshypc/the_us_copyright_office_on_june_29_2022_rejected/ https://www.reddit.com/r/COPYRIGHT/comments/vshypc/the_us_co... talks about a (paywalled) article that discusses this problem. This was a Style Transfer AI - it takes a source image and recreates it in the style of a painter. In this case, the person both took the photo that the style was transferred to, and selected the style and a variety of variables. The US Copyright office still felt that his contribution was not distinguishable from the work that the AI did. I'll note that this is very US specific - there are a lot of counter-examples of other countries allowing for the copyright of work like this, including the EU, UK, Canada, India, etc.