US Copyright Office requires human authorship for AI outputs
The Copyright Office concluded that generative-AI outputs receive copyright protection only where a human determines sufficient expressive elements, and that prompts alone do not establish authorship.
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Why it moved the index
The authoritative policy conclusion preserves a legal advantage for human creative control and limits ownership claims over autonomously generated expression. It interprets existing law rather than creating a new enforceable AI regime, so the magnitude is modest.
Assessment history
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Away 35 · confidence 98
New January 2025 national AI-authorship policy conclusion with no durable collision.
12 Aug 2026
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DoomBench assesses “US Copyright Office requires human authorship for AI outputs” as evidence moving away from doom, with magnitude 35 and confidence 98 out of 100 in the governance and control category.
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The DoomBench assessment of “US Copyright Office requires human authorship for AI outputs” is based on reporting from US Copyright Office and records the editorial rationale, source quality, attribution, and revision history.
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DoomBench summarizes “US Copyright Office requires human authorship for AI outputs” as follows: The Copyright Office concluded that generative-AI outputs receive copyright protection only where a human determines sufficient expressive...
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