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AR HB 1876

Ownership of Model Training and Content Generated by Generative AI

Establishes ownership rules for AI-generated content and trained models. Person providing input owns generated content (if not infringing); person providing training data owns resulting model (if lawfully acquired).

Jurisdiction

Arkansas

US-AR

Enacted

Apr 1, 2025

Effective

Aug 3, 2025

Enforcement

Courts

Enacted April 2025; effective August 3, 2025

Who Must Comply

This law applies to:

  • • Users of generative AI tools
  • • Employers whose employees use GenAI
  • • Providers of AI training data

Who bears obligations:

Operator

Safety Provisions

  • • Content ownership: person providing input/directive owns generated content
  • • Model ownership: person providing training data owns resulting model
  • • Work made for hire: employer owns AI outputs from employee use
  • • Does NOT grant ownership over IP-infringing content

Compliance Timeline

Aug 3, 2025

All provisions effective

Enforcement

Enforced by

Courts

Penalties

Not specified (civil court for ownership disputes)

Quick Facts

Binding
Yes
Mental Health Focus
No
Child Safety Focus
No
Algorithmic Scope
No

Why It Matters

First state law establishing default AI content ownership rules. May influence IP debates.

Recent Developments

Part of 2025 Arkansas AI legislative package. Addresses AI content/model ownership questions.

Cite This

APA

Arkansas. (2025). Ownership of Model Training and Content Generated by Generative AI. Retrieved from https://nope.net/regs/us-ar-hb1876

BibTeX

@misc{us_ar_hb1876,
  title = {Ownership of Model Training and Content Generated by Generative AI},
  author = {Arkansas},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://nope.net/regs/us-ar-hb1876}
}

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