News — A federal appeals court recently ruled that art created independently by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted, saying copyright protection requires a human being to author the work. University of Illinois Chicago-based AI policy and law experts Michael Bennett, associate vice chancellor for data science and artificial intelligence strategy, and , associate professor of law and director of the Center for Intellectual Property, Information and Privacy Law, can discuss the significance of the ruling, the likelihood that it will be appealed, and what the ruling ultimately means for AI in the creative process.