"On February 22, 2023, the US Copyright Office made a long-awaited decision on the fate of Kristina Kashtanova’s copyright for their graphic novel, Zarya of the Dawn (2022). The drama began last Fall when Kashtanova received a copyright registration for the comic book despite having failed to disclose that images contained in it were generated with the assistance of the artificial intelligence image generator Midjourney. Following Kashtanova’s announcement on social media that they had received a registration for the entire work, including the AI images, the Copyright Office backtracked on the registration and sought further information from the artist as to the details of their authorship."