Guangdong court sets standards for AI copyright

The Guangdong High People's Court has issued a document requiring judges across the province to properly handle disputes over ownership of content generated by DeepSeek and other AI systems.

The judicial policy document is the first in the national court system to focus on intellectual property protection in artificial intelligence.

According to the Opinions on Promoting Artificial Intelligence Technology Innovation and Industrial Development through High-Quality Intellectual Property Trial Work, judges must accurately define the generated content's nature and ownership and rigorously examine corresponding evidence.

Judges must assess the human creative input in AI-generated content and determine if it meets copyright standards in AI-related cases, as stated in the document.

Ownership of AI-generated content should be decided based on laws, contracts, each party's contributions, and intellectual input.

The document stated that the opinions would help develop incentive systems for AI content creators, fostering a world-leading content industry. It comes as the AI industry is witnessing rapid development, with increasing cases involving the ownership of AI-generated content reported in the province.