--- title: "Client consent to input information into a generative AI tool (United States)" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/us-client-consent-input-to-generative-ai" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a43-us-client-consent-input-to-generative-ai" area_id: "A43" kind: "letter" ai_level: "yellow" version: 1 task_ids: ["A43-A20260923-2", "A43-A20260923-1"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22" --- # Client consent to input information into a generative AI tool (United States) > A tool-specific consent for putting information relating to a representation into a named generative AI tool, with the risk particulars Formal Opinion 512 says a boilerplate engagement sentence does not supply. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/us-client-consent-input-to-generative-ai Law stated as at: 2026-10-22 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt ## Key facts - Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send. - Practice area: [Client-facing & access-to-justice AI tools](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools.md) - Jurisdictions: United States - AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on. - Law stated as at: 2026-10-22 - Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 6 authorities it cites, for United States. ## When to use it Use when a US lawyer proposes to input information relating to a representation into a named generative AI tool. Do not use it for a tool that will not receive that information, and do not use a blank or generic version. ## Used for these tasks - [Draft client-facing disclosures that the firm uses AI on the matter](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/draft-client-facing-disclosures-that-the-firm-uses-ai-on-the-matter.md) - [Build an escalation matrix for a client-facing tool](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/build-an-escalation-matrix-for-a-client-facing-tool.md) ## How AI may be used A tool may copy, into the schedule, facts that already appear in the terms or approval record the lawyer attaches. The lawyer writes the risk explanation and decides whether the consent, once given, is informed. **AI may:** - Copy the provider's stated training, retention and access terms from the contract or privacy terms the lawyer has attached, with the clause reference - List schedule rows that are still blank or that still say "see terms" without a fact - Prepare a side-by-side of the categories the lawyer proposes to input and the categories the client has agreed **AI must not:** - Must not describe the tool's data practices from a marketing page or from the tool's own output - Must not tell the client the risk is low, or that consent has been given - Must not add a category of information the lawyer did not write into the schedule - Must not send the consent to the client **The lawyer checks:** - The schedule names one tool and states why it is used, what is input, the risk, who may later have access, the benefit, and a real alternative - The description of training and retention matches the terms the lawyer read, and those terms are in the file - Former-client and prospective-client information is not input on the back of this consent unless the schedule says so and the person who must consent has consented - The client can decline without this letter treating decline as a breach ## Authorities - [ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (July 29, 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) - [ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 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/) - [ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.6, Comments 3, 4 and 18](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_6_confidentiality_of_information/comment_on_rule_1_6/) - [ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.0 (Terminology), including paragraphs (b) and (e)](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_0_terminology/) - [ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.4 (Communications)](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_4_communications/) - [State Bar of California, Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, Practical Guidance for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law (2026 revision, replacing the November 2023 guidance)](https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/ethics/Generative-AI-Practical-Guidance.pdf) ## Full text and drafting notes The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. 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