An act REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP OF MODEL TRAINING AND 10 CONTENT GENERATED BY A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL 11 INTELLIGENCE TOOL, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas        As Engrossed: H4/2/25 H4/7/25
2 95th General Assembly
                                    A Bill

3 Regular Session, 2025                                            HOUSE BILL 1876

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5 By: Representative R. Scott Richardson

6 By: Senator J. Bryant

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8                          For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP OF MODEL TRAINING AND

10  CONTENT GENERATED BY A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL

11  INTELLIGENCE TOOL; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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15                       REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP OF MODEL

16                       TRAINING AND CONTENT GENERATED BY A

17                       GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL.

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19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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21  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 18, Chapter 4, Subchapter 1 is amended

22 to add an additional section to read as follows:

23  18-4-101. Generative artificial intelligence tool -- Ownership of model

24 training and generated content -- Work made for hire -- Exceptions.

25  (a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, when a

26 person uses a generative artificial intelligence tool to:

27  (1) Generate content, the person who provides the input or

28 directive to the generative artificial intelligence tool shall be the owner

29 of the generated content, provided that the content does not infringe on

30 existing copyrights or intellectual property rights;

31  (2) Conduct model training, the person who provides data or

32 input to train a generative artificial intelligence model shall be the owner

33 of the resulting trained model, provided that the:

34                       (A) Training data is lawfully acquired; and

35                       (B) Person has not transferred ownership rights through a

36 contract or agreement.

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1   (b)(1) If an individual is employed by a person or entity and is

2 directed to use a generative artificial intelligence tool to conduct model

3 training or generate content as part of his or her employment duties, the

4 resulting model training data and generated content shall be the property of

5 the individual's employer.

6             (2) Subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall apply only if the

7 use of the generative artificial intelligence tool is:

8             (A) Within the scope of the individual's employment; and

9             (B) Conducted under the direction and control of the

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11  (c) This section does not grant ownership over content that infringes

12 on pre-existing copyrights or other intellectual property rights regardless

13 of the use of a generative artificial intelligence tool.

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15                            /s/R. Scott Richardson

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