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AI and Intellectual Property: Authorship Challenges in the 21st Century

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AI and Intellectual Property: Authorship Challenges in the 21st Century

The rise of generative AI raises fundamental questions about ownership of creations produced without direct human intervention.

The growth of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Midjourney, and coding assistants has intensified a key legal debate: can a machine be considered an author? In Brazil, the Copyright Act (Law 9.610/98) protects works created by natural persons. This places purely algorithmic outputs in a legal gray zone. We examine how companies can mitigate risk while using these tools and structure ownership over AI-assisted assets.

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