It also contradicts everything else I have read about Thaler. AFAIK the ruling was that the AI could not hold copyright. Thaler waived any claim to the the copy

It also contradicts everything else I have read about Thaler. AFAIK the ruling was that the AI could not hold copyright. Thaler waived any claim to the the copyright holder himself. The last two bullet points on this page cover this: https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/03/19/thaler-v-perlmutter-d-c-court-of-appeals-confirms-that-a-non-human-machine-cannot-be-an-author-under-the-u-s-copyright-act/ https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/03/19/thaler-v-perlmutt... The site also explains the qualifications and experience in copyright law of the author of the above - unlike the article here.