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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
ECONOMIC
GROWTH
AND
TECHNOLOGY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
635)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
ownership
of
artificial
intelligence
1
output
and
trained
artificial
intelligence.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
554J.1
Definitions.
1
For
purposes
of
this
chapter:
2
1.
“Artificial
intelligence”
means
a
machine-based
system
3
that,
for
any
explicit
or
implicit
objective,
infers
from
the
4
input
the
system
receives
to
generate
output
that
can
influence
5
physical
or
virtual
environments.
6
2.
“Input”
means
data,
directives,
or
instructions
that
a
7
user
provides
to
guide
the
creation
of
new
output.
8
3.
“Output”
means
new
content
that
an
artificial
9
intelligence
generates
based
on
a
user’s
input
in
relation
to
10
the
data
used
to
train
the
artificial
intelligence.
“Output”
11
includes
but
is
not
limited
to
audio-visual
media,
images,
12
predictions,
recommendations,
and
text.
13
4.
“Train”
means
to
expose
an
artificial
intelligence
to
14
data
for
the
purpose
of
making
the
artificial
intelligence
15
recognize
patterns,
relationships,
and
structures
between
data
16
so
the
artificial
intelligence
can
employ
knowledge
of
those
17
patterns,
relationships,
and
structures
to
create
new
output.
18
5.
“User”
means
a
person
that
uses
artificial
intelligence
19
for
the
purpose
of
generating
output.
“User”
does
not
include
20
a
person
giving
data
to
an
artificial
intelligence
for
the
21
purpose
of
training
the
artificial
intelligence.
22
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
554J.2
Ownership
of
output
——
23
ownership
of
trained
artificial
intelligence.
24
1.
A
user
whose
input
causes
an
artificial
intelligence
to
25
generate
output
shall
be
the
owner
of
the
output
provided
that
26
the
terms
of
use
for
the
artificial
intelligence
or
a
contract
27
the
user
has
with
the
owner
of
the
artificial
intelligence
does
28
not
contain
a
provision
altering
the
ownership
of
generated
29
output.
If
the
terms
of
use
for
the
artificial
intelligence
30
or
a
contract
between
the
user
and
the
owner
of
the
artificial
31
intelligence
contains
a
provision
relating
to
ownership
of
32
generated
output,
ownership
of
generated
output
shall
be
33
determined
by
the
terms
of
use
or
contract.
34
2.
A
person
that
trains
an
artificial
intelligence
shall
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be
the
owner
of
artificial
intelligence
that
results
from
the
1
training
if
all
of
the
following
apply:
2
a.
The
training
data
was
lawfully
acquired
and
used
for
3
training
purposes.
4
b.
The
person
has
not
transferred
ownership
rights
of
the
5
resulting
artificial
intelligence
to
another
person
through
a
6
contract
or
agreement.
7
EXPLANATION
8
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
9
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
10
This
bill
relates
to
the
ownership
of
artificial
11
intelligence
output
and
trained
artificial
intelligence
(AI).
12
The
bill
defines
“artificial
intelligence”,
“input”,
13
“output”,
“train”,
and
“user”.
14
The
bill
provides
that
a
user
whose
input
causes
an
AI
to
15
generate
output
is
the
owner
of
the
output
provided
that
the
16
terms
of
use
for
the
AI
or
a
contract
the
user
has
with
the
17
owner
of
the
AI
does
not
contain
a
provision
altering
the
18
ownership
of
generated
output.
If
the
AI’s
terms
of
use
or
a
19
contract
between
the
owner
of
the
AI
and
the
user
contains
a
20
provision
relating
to
ownership
of
generated
output,
then
the
21
provision
in
the
terms
of
service
or
contract
shall
apply.
22
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
trains
an
AI
is
the
23
owner
of
AI
that
results
from
the
training
if
the
training
data
24
was
lawfully
acquired
and
used
for
training
purposes
and
the
25
person
has
not
transferred
ownership
rights
of
the
resulting
AI
26
through
a
contract
or
agreement.
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