An AI-assisted workflow can contain several kinds of creative activity. Preserve what the people involved actually contributed rather than describing the whole folder with one label.
The U.S. Copyright Office's AI work addresses copyrightability and human authorship in AI-related material. U.S. Copyright Office — Copyright and Artificial Intelligence.
Record the development
For a character concept, retain relevant source material, edits and decisions that explain the final work. Do not manufacture a contribution history after a rights question arises.
Use the applicable review
A development record supports understanding; it does not automatically determine ownership or protection. Have the actual work and jurisdiction reviewed appropriately. United States guidance should not be presented as a universal rule for every market or AI tool.
Source reviewed 25 October 2026. Interpretation and original diagrams: PLUSHIP / Qunhe. Examples are illustrative.
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