The role of AI as a source is poised for extensive discussion and questioning, largely because it currently operates within a significant grey zone.
The core of the issue appears to stem from a recognition that permitting AI as a source inherently demands authorship. Authorship, by conventional understanding, necessitates identifiable human creators. However, with AI-generated content, such human identification is absent – and, crucially, we are not yet prepared to confer authorship upon AI itself for the time being.
Thus: a clear grey zone persists.