The Beijing Internet Court adjudicated a copyright infringement case involving AI-generated images, with the defendant ordered to compensate the plaintiff 500 yuan. The plaintiff used the open-source software StableDiffusion to generate the images in question and published them on the Xiaohongshu platform. The defendant used the images without permission in an article on Baijiahao, removing the plaintiff's signature watermark. The court determined that the images in question meet the definition of a work, qualifying as an artistic piece protected by copyright. The defendant infringed upon the plaintiff's right to attribution and their right to disseminate information via the internet.

The Beijing Internet Court has reached a first-instance judgment on the AI-generated image copyright infringement case, stating that AI-generated images possess originality and are protected by copyright law. When generating images, the intellectual contribution comes from humans rather than the model. As long as the human intellectual input reflects originality, it should be entitled to copyright. This ruling holds significant implications for copyright protection in the field of AI-generated images.

A judge in the Northern District of California ruled on a copyright infringement case between an AI art generation company and artists. Judge Orrick primarily found flaws in the plaintiff's claims, including that the artists had not registered their artworks with the U.S. Copyright Office. Although the AI company achieved a certain victory, the debate over AI art generators and copyright is far from over.

A US court ruled that AI-generated images cannot receive copyright protection. The lawsuit by AI inventor Stephen Thaler was dismissed. The court stated that current copyright laws are unable to adapt to the new realities of the AI era.