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AI, copyright and authorship: who really owns a work created with artificial intelligence?

There was a time when authorship seemed relatively straightforward. If someone built a house, there were blueprints, permits, contracts and an architect's signature. If someone painted a work, it was possible to study the brushstrokes, technique and pigments to determine whether it truly belonged to Picasso, Dalí or Van Gogh. Intellectual property was tied to something deeply human: manual skill, creative intent and the physical evidence of a process.

But what we are experiencing today with artificial intelligence is not simply an evolution of that problem. It is something far more profound. Because for the first time in modern history we are entering a scenario where creation itself is becoming blurred. And that completely changes our understanding of authorship.