The statement that solely-AI-generated works are not subject to copyright protection is true in the US, but it is not true in the UK and Hong Kong. It's also possible that other jurisdictions will recognize some level of copyright protection for AI-generated works. For that reason, the backup license should remain.

@AntiCompositeNumber, thanks for raising that. Does it apply to the place where the user creating the AI image is located, or to the place where the company generating it is located? The current wording of the template makes it seem like the law is generally that AI works are PD, with the U.K./Hong Kong just being two niche exceptions. Ideally, it would be nice to handle those separately rather than having them impact the default.

Also, for the default case, it's worth noting that having the CC license serve as a backup makes sense from the legal perspective of ensuring we have the right to host it. But from the perspective of an image reuser deciding which license to use, the CC license is not just redundant but inaccurate/contradictory. The template for the CC license states that the person releasing it is the copyright holder, and if (as {{PD-algorithm}} states) there is insufficient authorship to support a copyright claim, then no, they do not hold the copyright. A design that forces the user to make a false statement clearly needs adjustment somehow.

I would kick this back to the community to figure out what combination of templates to use. Implementing this into UploadWizard is the easy part tbh.