De Minimis AI Use

Your use of AI must be limited to de minimis uses. That is, uses so minor or mechanical that they do not affect the copyrightable authorship of your work and, in practical terms, do not alter its human-created nature.

Acceptable De Minimis AI Use

For your guidance, examples of acceptable de minimis AI use typically include:

• Technical tasks such as sharpening an image, colour correction, noise reduction, or blurring faces in video
• Generating ideas, prompts, outlines, or high-level story concepts
• Producing short phrases, titles, captions, or other non-copyrightable text
• Mechanical or low-level edits across multiple frames (e.g., automated cleanup or uniform adjustments)
• Formatting assistance such as creating a table of contents or applying styles

Unacceptable AI Use Beyond De Minimis

By contrast, unacceptable AI use beyond de minimis AI use would include:

• AI-created visual art, illustrations, special effects, or imagery
• AI-generated musical compositions, arrangements, or lyrics
• Using AI to draft substantial portions of text (e.g., a chapter or script)
• AI-generated design elements or creative content that meaningfully contributes to the final work
• AI-generated material that would be copyrightable if created by a human