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The AI Clause

A contract template every designer needs in 2026

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Illustration of a person signing a document with a black pen. The person is wearing a colorful, long-sleeved shirt, and the document has horizontal lines of text. The background features blocks of bright colors, including yellow, green, pink, and red.

Every designer working with AI now needs an AI clause in their contracts. Not because it's dramatic. Because clients arrive with AI-generated "creative direction," AI-adjacent scope creep, and copyright questions that didn't exist two years ago.

This template gives you paste-ready language to protect your practice, based on what working studios are actually putting in their contracts right now.