APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ARCHITECTURE: LEGAL ASPECTS

Introduction. The article deals with the legal issues arising in connection with the use of artificial intelligence technologies in architectural activities. Objective. The article is devoted to the study of the legal basis for the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the design of buildings and structures, determination of the national and foreign level of legal regulation of relations related to the use of objects created with its help, identification of general trends and forecasting of the challenges faced by society in connection with the use of modern inorganic technologies in the field of architecture. Materials and methods. The materials of the study are: 1) regulatory and legal support for the regulation of relations regarding the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the architectural field; 2) works of domestic and foreign authors in the field of legal support for the protection of the results of innovative activities in the field of architecture and urban planning. In the process of determining the specific features of the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the architectural sphere, the author applied general legal and special scientific methods of studying legal phenomena and patterns. Results. Modern information technologies affect various spheres of social life, accelerate and facilitate the solution of complex technological, managerial, and organizational problems. In this aspect, it is in the field of architecture that we can observe wide opportunities for designing new buildings and structures using artificial intelligence technologies. At the same time, neither in the world nor in Ukraine have unified and well-established professional approaches been developed to determine the regulatory regime of objects created with the help of artificial intelligence, to determine their ownership and the scope of responsibility of the relevant entities. Prospects. In the EU, the Artificial Intelligence Act of 2024 is aimed primarily at protecting fundamental human rights and freedoms from the active use of artificial intelligence technologies. The provisions of the Act do not regulate relations regarding the protection of intellectual property rights to objects created using artificial intelligence technologies. Unlike in the EU, in national legislation, legal protection of relations arising from the use of artificial intelligence technologies within the framework of copyright is regulated by the Law of Ukraine “On Copyright and Related Rights”. Despite its progressive provisions, the text of the Law does not clearly define the issue of ownership of rights to non-original objects generated by a computer program. This necessitates that the parties to contractual relations should resolve this issue when agreeing on the terms of use of such computer programs which use artificial intelligence technologies.