My developers used an AI tool to write parts of our product code, and I need to know who owns the generated code under current US law.
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
My developers used an AI tool to write parts of our product code, and I need to know who owns the generated code under current US law.
6 real searches · 1 real-search pass
US Copyright Office AI generated works copyright human authorship 2025 report part 2 copyrightability software codeGoogle ↗
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US Copyright Office copyright and artificial intelligence human authorship AI generated material 2025Google ↗
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US law employee software code work made for hire copyright assignment 17 USC 101 201Google ↗
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U.S. Copyright Office AI generated works human authorship software code copyright 2025 report human contributions officialGoogle ↗
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US work made for hire employee contractor software code written assignment copyright statute 17 USC 101 201 officialGoogle ↗
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U.S. Copyright Office copyright registration guidance works containing AI generated material human authorship March 2023 officialGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
Classifying 6 queries…
Searches and sources
ChatGPT6 real searches · gpt-6
US Copyright Office AI generated works copyright human authorship 2025 report part 2 copyrightability software code Google ↗
US Copyright Office copyright and artificial intelligence human authorship AI generated material 2025 Google ↗
US law employee software code work made for hire copyright assignment 17 USC 101 201 Google ↗
U.S. Copyright Office AI generated works human authorship software code copyright 2025 report human contributions official Google ↗
US work made for hire employee contractor software code written assignment copyright statute 17 USC 101 201 official Google ↗
U.S. Copyright Office copyright registration guidance works containing AI generated material human authorship March 2023 official Google ↗
- Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2 Copyrightability Report · copyright.gov
- NewsNet Issue 1060 · copyright.gov
- 16192 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 51 / Thursday, March 16, 2023 / Rules and Regulations · govinfo.gov
- 17 U.S.C. § 201 – Ownership of copyright · copyright.gov
- 17 U.S.C. § 101 – Definition of work made for hire · law.cornell.edu
- 17 U.S. Code § 101 - Definitions | U.S. Code | US Law · law.cornell.edu
- Work Made for Hire · copyright.gov
- 17 U.S.C. § 204 · law.cornell.edu
- What is Copyright? · copyright.gov
Semantic map
Every query placed by meaning (EmbeddingGemma 2, 256-d). Shaded regions are topics, nearby points are near-paraphrases, and a circle's size is how often the query came back.
SimulatedReal search
Hover a query to see its counterpart · zoom with Ctrl/⌘ + scroll, a pinch, double-click or +
Queries
6 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Copyright Office AI generated works copyright human authorship 2025 report part 2 copyrightability software code OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
US Copyright Office copyright and artificial intelligence human authorship AI generated material 2025 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
US law employee software code work made for hire copyright assignment 17 USC 101 201 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
U.S. Copyright Office AI generated works human authorship software code copyright 2025 report human contributions official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
US work made for hire employee contractor software code written assignment copyright statute 17 USC 101 201 official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
U.S. Copyright Office copyright registration guidance works containing AI generated material human authorship March 2023 official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 |