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The Guardian — Technology · October 6, 2026 · On the brief until October 20, 2026

Who owns ‘brain rot’?: inside the international legal drama over a beloved meme

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Generating visual character art from text prompts

Video game developers sued an agency representing a creator over rights to an AI-generated character. The developers argue that submitting a few text prompts does not grant copyright under human authorship rules. The litigation forces courts to set standards for how much human input makes AI media legally protectable.

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Students can examine whether typing seven text prompts gives a creator enough human control to claim legal ownership of an image.

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