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AR HB1876: Regarding The Ownership Of Model Training And Content Generated By A Generative Artificial Intelligence Tool.

Effective Aug 5, 2025 Arkansas · 2025 session

Last verified Oct 1, 2026 · official bill text

HB1876 · where it stands

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  1. Introduced Complete
  2. Passed first chamber Complete
  3. Passed both chambers Complete
  4. Enacted Complete
  5. Effective Since Aug 5, 2025
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In one paragraph

Arkansas Act 927 of 2025 sets who owns what a generative AI tool produces. The person who provides the input owns the generated content, as long as it doesn't infringe existing copyrights or other intellectual property, and owns a model trained with the tool if the training data was lawfully acquired and ownership hasn't been transferred by contract. When an employee uses the tool within the scope of employment and under the employer's direction and control, the employer owns the result. Approved April 21, 2025; effective August 5, 2025.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

In Arkansas you own content you generate with AI (unless it infringes others' IP) and models you train on lawfully acquired data (unless you signed those rights away); employers own what employees create within the job and under their direction.

Key provisions

  1. Adds Arkansas Code § 18-4-101 on ownership of generative artificial intelligence tool output
  2. The person who provides input to a generative AI tool owns the content it generates, if the content does not infringe existing copyrights or other intellectual property rights
  3. That person also owns a model trained with the tool, if the training data was lawfully acquired and ownership has not been transferred by contract
  4. The employer owns the content or trained model when an employee uses the tool within the scope of employment and under the employer's direction and control
  5. No ownership of content that infringes pre-existing copyrights or intellectual property, whatever AI was used
  6. Approved April 21, 2025 (Act 927); with no emergency clause, effective August 5, 2025

Latest legislative action

Apr 21, 2025. Notification that HB1876 is now Act 927

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Amendments (2)

  • House Amendment H1 Not adopted 2025-04-02
  • House Amendment H2 Not adopted 2025-04-03

Topics and industries

Related topics

Frontier or General-Purpose AIAI in Employment

Affected industries

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