The plaintiff in this case is computer scientist Stephen Thaler, who developed a machine-learning system called the Creativity Machine that produced an image titled, A Recent Entrance to Paradise ...

Thaler told CNBC in an interview that the Creativity Machine created the painting "on its own" in 2012. The machine "learned cumulatively, and I was the parent, and I was basically tutoring it ...

The question of machine creativity looms large, and while it's too early to make definitive claims, the two founders believe they know a path forward—what they refer to as "creative computation." ...

Firstly, a little bit of history. I will not delve into how generative AI existed since the 1950s, with creative machines spinning songs in the style of Bach and Vivaldi (see the work of UCSD ...

But Thaler is not planning to back down from the fight, arguing that his Creativity Machine is "sentient." Thaler's attorney, Ryan Abbott, told Reuters that he and Thaler "strongly disagree" with ...