AI contractor agreement clauses
Engaging a contractor or freelancer who will use AI tools introduces risks an ordinary services agreement does not cover: your confidential data being pasted into a public chatbot, ambiguous ownership of AI-assisted output, and no visibility into which tools they actually use. This generator produces a set of AI-specific contract clauses — permitted tools, confidentiality, IP assignment, disclosure, audit rights, and liability — tailored to the work type, how much sensitive data the contractor can touch, and your jurisdiction.
How it works
You describe the engagement: the type of work (software, content, design, data analysis, or general), the data access level (none, internal, or sensitive personal/regulated data), and the governing jurisdiction. The tool selects appropriate language for each clause and tightens the restrictions as the data sensitivity rises. You toggle the clauses you want, the tool assembles them into clean numbered contract text, and you copy the result into your agreement. Higher data sensitivity, for example, swaps a permissive “you may use reputable AI tools” clause for one restricting the contractor to enterprise tools with a data-processing agreement and a no-training guarantee.
Tips and notes
- Always have a lawyer review. These are templates reflecting common practice, not jurisdiction-specific legal advice.
- Be specific about permitted tools. A named allow-list of enterprise AI tools is far stronger than a vague “use reputable tools” phrase.
- Pair clauses with offboarding. The audit and confidentiality clauses only bite if you also revoke access and request data deletion when the work ends.
- Match the clause set to the risk. Do not bury a low-risk content gig under heavy audit and indemnity language — calibrate to the real exposure.