Of Slop and Swarms: The First Amendment's Next Test (opens in new tab)

An abandoned railway track surrounded by lush greenery ends in a dark, cavernous tunnel. This AI-generated image, titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” gained fame in 2018 when Steven Thaler attempted to register it with the U.S. Copyright Office.1 1. See Letter from U.S. Copyright Off. Rev. Bd. to Ryan Abbott, Second Request for Reconsideration for Refusal to Register "A Recent Entrance to Paradise" (Feb. 14, 2022), 2 2. Id. The Copyright Office rejected his application, and Thaler appeale...