The advent of sophisticated artificial neural networks has opened new artistic opportunities, but also a variety of new legal challenges. Computer programs such as Google's Deep Dream can take an image and process it in manners that resemble biological networks, producing artwork that is both...

The question of artificial intelligence and copyright is starting to gain considerable momentum in the last few years. One area of study has been the authorship of computer-generated works, but perhaps a more interesting question, is that of infringement. AI needs to be taught how to paint,...