https://www.smithsonianmag.com/...pyrighted-180979808/

This is a ruling by the copyright office, not the results of a court case.

Also - "Other countries put less emphasis on the necessity of human authorship for protection. A judge in Australia ruled last year A.I.-created inventions can qualify for patent protection. And South Africa allowed Thaler to patent one of his products last year, noting that “the invention was autonomously generated by an artificial intelligence.” While Thaler owns the patent, the A.I. is listed as the inventor."