The Supreme Court will not hear a copyright case for art created by artificial intelligence

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a case regarding whether art generated by artificial intelligence can receive copyright. As I mentioned earlier Reuters. Monday’s decision comes after Steven Thaler, a computer scientist from Missouri, appealed the court’s decision to uphold a ruling that found art generated by artificial intelligence could not be copyrighted.

In 2019, the US Copyright Office rejected Thaler’s request for a copyright on an image called A modern entrance to heavenOn behalf of the algorithm he created. Copyright Office The decision will be reviewed in 2022 It determined that the image did not include “human authorship,” making it ineligible for copyright protection.

After Thaler appealed the decision, U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howl Ruled in 2023 That “human authorship is a basic requirement for copyright.” That was the ruling It was later upheld in 2025 By the Federal Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. like I mentioned before ReutersThaler asked the Supreme Court to review the ruling in October 2025, arguing that it “created a chilling effect on anyone else thinking about using artificial intelligence creatively.”