US Copyright Office rejects trademark of AI-generated book images: They are 'not the product of human authorship'

• An author used AI-generated images in a recently published graphic novel.
• The US Copyright Office ruled that while the book is protected, the AI-generated images are not. 
• The office said the images weren't protected because they are "not the product of human authorship."

The US Copyright Office said that images in a graphic novel created using an artificial-intelligence system would not get copyright protection, Reuters first reported.