Courts tighten the bounds on “AI as author” while regulators pivot to implementation deadlines

Reuters reports the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Stephen Thaler’s appeal seeking copyright protection for a work generated entirely by an AI system, leaving lower-court rulings in place that require human authorship for U.S. copyright. It keeps “human authorship” as a gating requirement for registering and litigating AI-output copyright claims (and pushes commercial strategy toward human contribution and documentation).

AI-generated imagery privacy statement and FCA insurance AI review

Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) backed a joint statement by 61 data protection authorities warning about privacy risks from AI-generated realistic imagery/video of identifiable people without consent, with particular concern for harms to children. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its new Regulatory Priorities: Insurance report, including a planned Q1 2026 “Artificial Intelligence review” to engage industry on AI uses, risks, opportunities, and barriers to safe adoption in insurance.