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Your AI-Generated Code Might Not Be Yours

The US Copyright Office ruled that purely AI-generated material is not copyrightable and that prompts alone do not provide sufficient control. Code you wrote with heavy AI assistance sits in an uncertain middle — and no court has drawn the line for software.

17 August 20268 min read

Who Owns the Words That Trained Your AI?

Every large model was trained on someone’s work, usually without asking. The lawsuits testing whether that was legal are now producing real rulings and record settlements. This is a plain-English guide to where the line actually falls — and how much of it is still undrawn.

12 August 202610 min read