JohnSwanda wrote:
I disagree. The creators of the software have created a tool which others can use to create imagery. The copyright status of these AI images may not be fully established, but I would be surprised if the creators of the software would own the copyright to all those images. I haven't heard of the AI companies claiming a copyright.
It has long been the posture of the U.S. Copyright Office that there is no copyright protection for works created by non-humans, including machines. Therefore, the product of a generative AI model cannot be copyrighted as of this writing.