United States of America: Act Regarding the Ownership of Model Training and Content Generated by a Generative Artificial Intelligence Tool (HB 1876) was introduced to House of Representatives

On 20 March 2025, the Act Regarding the Ownership of Model Training and Content Generated by a Generative Artificial Intelligence Tool (HB 1876) was introduced to the House of Representatives. The Act would apply to individuals and entities using generative artificial intelligence tools for either content generation or model training. The Act would provide that the person supplying input or directives to a generative AI tool owns the generated content, provided no copyright or intellectual property infringement occurs. It would further assign ownership of a trained model to the person providing lawful training data, unless ownership is contractually assigned. Exceptions would apply to employment contexts, where content and models created under employer direction within the scope of employment would belong to the employer. The Act does not grant ownership over infringing content.