Followup: I found the following in an Adobe helpx page about this here. To automatically rasterize the art when pasting it into a Photoshop document, turn off the PDF and the AICB (No Transparency Support) options in the File Handling & Clipboard preferences. To paste the art as a Smart Object, rasterized image, path, or shape layer, turn on the PDF and the AICB (No Transparency Support) options in the File Handling & Clipboard preferences. I am using Photoshop version 22.3.1 and I don't see those options in my Photoshop Preferences. In fact, I don’t even have a Clipboard Preference area.
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