Inside the OMB’s Bold New AI Playbook: How Innovation and Trust Hang in the Balance
OMB on Intellectual Property
With respect to intellectual property, a companion memo entitled “Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government” from Director Voight specifies:
“[A]gencies must have appropriate processes for addressing use of government data and include appropriate contractual terms that clearly delineate the respective ownership and IP rights of the government and the contractor. Careful consideration of respective IP licensing rights is even more important when an agency procures an AI system or service, including where agency information is used to train, finetune, and develop the AI system. Each agency must revisit, and update where necessary, its process for the treatment of data ownership and IP rights in procurements for AI systems or services….
