You’re shipping something new in the United States. Data provenance and the claims you make are where the exposure sits.
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Write down what your system does, and what you say it does
The gap between those two sentences is where most legal risk sits, and the FTC expects substantiation before the claim is made. Closing it early costs very little.
What to work through, in order
Which regime already applies
There is no comprehensive federal AI statute. Sectoral regulators, state laws such as the Colorado AI Act, and FTC enforcement together set the operating constraints.
Data and privacy
State comprehensive privacy laws create rights around profiling and automated decision-making, with sectoral rules layered on top. Requirements differ meaningfully state by state.
IP ownership in outputs
The Copyright Office has held that purely AI-generated material is not protectable without sufficient human authorship. Disclosure obligations apply on registration.
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