---
title: "Draft an AI addendum to a technology contract"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/draft-an-ai-addendum-to-a-technology-contract/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A24-B7-2-US"
practice_area: "Technology, Media & Telecommunications / IT Contracts"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Draft an AI addendum to a technology contract

> From the playbook positions the lawyer has marked, produce a first draft of training-use, output, audit and suspension clauses. The lawyer settles every sentence before the addendum is sent or signed.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/draft-an-ai-addendum-to-a-technology-contract/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Technology, Media & Telecommunications / IT Contracts](https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the playbook positions the lawyer has marked, produce a first draft of training-use, output, audit and suspension clauses. The lawyer settles every sentence before the addendum is sent or signed. |
| What the lawyer must review | The addendum will be signed, so the lawyer treats the draft as a working text. Rule 1.1 and Formal Opinion 512 require review of generated contract language. Rule 1.6 still governs what may be pasted into a tool to produce the draft. Where the addendum is meant to make the vendor a California service provider, the contract must contain the prohibitions in Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.140(ag), including the written-contract requirement and the notice duty if the provider engages another person to process the information. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Draft an AI addendum to a technology contract](https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/draft-an-ai-addendum-to-a-technology-contract.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the playbook positions the lawyer has marked, produce a first draft of training-use, output, audit and suspension clauses. The lawyer settles every sentence before the addendum is sent or signed.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not describe a vendor as a service provider unless the contract meets § 1798.140(ag). The label in the draft does not create the status.
- Output ownership is a copyright question under 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 and 201 as well as a contract question. The addendum should not assume the customer owns every model output.

## Sources

- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.6, Confidentiality of Information](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_6_confidentiality_of_information/) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.140, including the service-provider definition](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=1798.140.) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*