Legal Classification of AI-Generated Communication
PhD project of Moritz Wiechert
In his dissertation, Moritz Wiechert examines the legal classification of AI-generated communication under communications law.
The starting point is the question of how the traditional principles of communications law—particularly those concerning the interpretation and attribution of statements—can be applied to communicative acts produced not by human subjects, but by technical systems.
The study analyzes how the use of communicative AI gives rise to new forms of authorship and responsibility, and which attribution logics emerge to legally account for such expressions. It shows that existing doctrinal categories—such as the distinction between factual statements and value judgments—reach their limits when no identifiable human action is involved.
The aim of the dissertation is to reconstruct the structures and boundaries of attribution within communications law, thereby contributing to a better understanding of the legal treatment of communication beyond human intentionality.
Contact
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp
ZeMKI, Center for Media, Communication and Information Research
University of Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218-67620
Assistent Mrs. Schober: +49 421 218-67603
E-mail: andreas.hepp@uni-bremen.de
