Analysing The Relationship Between AI And Copyright Law

Artificial intelligence (AI), which does not yet have a solid definition, can generally be described as "the ability of a digital computer or computer controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings." AI systems have started to play a part in our daily life and today they carry out crucial roles for human beings. For instance, BlueDot's AI system was among the first in the world to identify the emerging risk from COVID-19.

AI also creates music, art and, furthermore, today, AI can write poems, novels, stories, and legal articles. The Next Rembrandt is one of the outstanding examples of an AI-generated work of art. With the supporting partnership of ING Bank, Microsoft, advertising agency, J Walter Thompson, and advisors from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), as well as the Mauritshuis and Museum Het Rembrandthuis, we had the opportunity to see what kind of painting Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, the Dutch painter, could create