The agency referred back to laws established in the early days of computers to distinguish between copyrightable works created with AI assistance and content solely generated by the tech itself.

Artists can copyright works they made with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the U.S.

But the Copyright Office insisted that the AI copyright debate was settled in 1965 after commercial computer technology started advancing quickly and "difficult questions of authorship" were first raised. That was the first time officials had to ponder how much involvement human creators had in works created using computers.