That particular ruling was able to be made because the original work was available to make a comparison with. However, it's well established in the US that the

That particular ruling was able to be made because the original work was available to make a comparison with. However, it's well established in the US that the author of an adaptive work is generally entitled to copyright over the modified portions.[0] So a work merely has to be presented as an human-authored adaptation of an AI template. [0] https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14.pdf https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14.pdf