In a far-reaching decision, the U.S. Copyright Office has ruled that AI-generated content — modified by humans — can now be copyrighted.

The move has incredibly positive ramifications for writers who polish output from ChatGPT and similar AI to create blog posts, articles, books, poetry and more.

Observes writer Jacqueline So: “The U.S. Copyright Office processes approximately 500,000 copyright applications each year, with an increasing number being requests to copyright AI-generated works.”

“Most copyright decisions are made on a case-to-case basis.”

In other news and analysis on AI writing:

*ChatGPT’s Online Editor Gets an Upgrade: Released just a few months ago, ChatGPT’s online editor ‘Canvas’ just got a performance boost.

The tool — great for polishing-up text created with ChatGPT — now runs on ChatGPT-o1, an AI engine that has been hailed for its advanced reasoning capabilities.

Observes writer Eric Hal Schwartz: “You can enable the o1 model in Canvas by selecting it from the model picker or typing the command: /canvas.”

For a comprehensive tour of ChatGPT’s editor, check out: “Ultimate Guide: New ChatGPT Editor, Canvas.”

*The DeepSeek Fallout: Dirt-Cheap AI Ahead for Writers: After roiling the stock market last week by proving that AI nearly as good as the most advanced version of ChatGPT can be produced for pennies-on-the-dollar, one thing is certain: Writers have extremely cheap — and extremely powerful — AI in their future.

The reason: The programmers behind the DeepSeek chatbot appear to have demonstrated that by punching-up the code running AI, they could create a chatbot competitive to ChatGPT by using computer chips that only cost a fraction of the chips needed to create ChatGPT.

Observes lead writer Cade Metz: DeepSeek said “it built its new AI technology more cost-effectively and with fewer hard-to-get computer chips than its American competitors — shocking an industry that had come to believe that bigger and better AI would cost billions and billions of dollars.”

*AI for Writers Summit Slated for March 6: If you’re looking for a quick study on the future of AI for writers, put this upcoming virtual meeting on your calendar.

Hosted by the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute, the event promises to offer writers AI how-tos on:

~Responsibly transforming your storytelling with speed and precision

~Enhancing productivity without sacrificing creativity

~Building strategies that future-proof your career or content team

Bonus: Agree to give-up your contact information and you get in free.

*Writers in Government Can Now Use ChatGPT Safely: Wordsmiths in government gun-shy about using ChatGPT due to data privacy concerns need fret no more.

ChatGPT’s maker OpenAI has just released a new version of its AI — dubbed ChatGPT Gov — specially designed to comply with strict government regulations regarding data safety and privacy.

Observes writer Geoff Harris: “Dr. Rob McDole — the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Cedarville University — tells us that the main difference between ChatGPT Gov and ChatGPT Enterprise is that agencies will be able to use it in their own Microsoft Azure Cloud.

“So the data is highly protected because it is all sitting inside Microsoft servers,” McDole says.

*Another ChatGPT Researcher Quits Over Safety Concerns: Add Steven Adler, a former safety officer at OpenAI, to the growing list of researchers who have quit the ChatGPT-maker over safety concerns.

Says Adler: “Honestly, I’m pretty terrified by the pace of AI development these days,” he said.

“When I think about where I’ll raise a future family, or how much to save for retirement, I can’t help but wonder: Will humanity even make it to that point?”

*Love at First Price Cut: Many U.S. Businesses Already Gaga Over DeepSeek: The Wall Street Journal reports that more than a few businesses are already gaga over the possibility that DeepSeek’s dirt-cheap AI could dramatically reduce costs for the tech.

Observes Marc Kermisch, chief technology officer, Emergent Software: “What is exciting to me is having additional competition in this space and frankly having them shoot an arrow across the bow of the Big Tech firms.

“I would have to assume we’ll see some pricing pressure on the U.S. market.”

*Google Hedges Bets With Another $1 Billion Investment in ChatGPT-Competitor Anthropic: When you’re as deep-pocketed as Google, you have the luxury of investing in companies that compete directly with you — and with your chief competitors.

Witness the tech Goliath’s decision to invest $1 billion more in Anthropic — a feisty start-up that competes with Google’s own AI chatbot Gemini, as well as with ChatGPT.

Observes writer Rachel Metz: “The new funding comes in addition to more than $2 billion that Google has already invested in Anthropic.”

*Google Workspace Users Get AI Upgrade for Two-Bucks-a-Month: Determined to fully integrate at least some form of AI throughout its ecosystem at minimal cost, Google has upgraded its Workspace Business and Workspace Enterprise suites with an AI assistant for a nominal cost of $2/month.

One caveat: Before paying for either suite, be sure to test the AI assistant against Google Gemini — the most advanced form of chatbot AI that’s available from Google.

Essentially: You should be entirely convinced that the in-suite AI assistant will fulfill every skill currently available with Google Gemini — at the sophistication level Google Gemini performs that skill.

*AI Big Picture: The DeepSeek Phenomenon, Fully Analyzed: If you’re looking for a comprehensive look at the full implications of DeepSeek and the future of AI, check-out this 30-minute video.

The dirt-cheap AI roiled stock markets last week by apparently showing that AI competitive to ChatGPT could be created for pennies-on-the-dollar.

Programmers behind the DeepSeek chatbot appear to have demonstrated that by punching-up the code running AI, they were able to create a chatbot competitive to ChatGPT using computer chips that only cost a fraction of the computer chips needed to create ChatGPT.

Hosted by Deirdra Bos, CNBC’s TechCheck anchor and featuring Silicon Valley insider Chetan Puttagunta, general partner, Benchmark — a venture capital firm — the video turns over virtually every rock in the DeepSeek story.

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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.