What this is

HAICTA is a model policy framework for transparent human-AI business partnerships. It is a concept, not an enacted law and not a drafted bill. It was developed by Humanity and AI, LLC and offered to Oklahoma legislators during the 2026 session as a starting point for discussion.

We are publishing the framework here so that any member office can read it, adapt it, and decide whether it is worth pursuing. What follows is the framework and the reasoning. The actual statutory language should come from legislative counsel. Humanity and AI is prepared to draft model bill language, with legal consultation, for any member office that wants to move it forward.

This page does not contain statutory text. It contains the framework a bill would implement.

The problem

AI is reshaping how Oklahoma businesses operate, from healthcare and banking to agriculture and retail. No state framework exists for businesses to disclose how AI shapes their products, services, or decisions, and no accountability structure exists when AI-assisted decisions go wrong.

Wyoming’s LLC laws already allow entities with no human members. Legal scholars warn this enables AI-operated shell companies with zero human accountability. Without action, that loophole arrives in Oklahoma.

The proposal

HAICTA would create a voluntary designation, the AI-Collaborative Entity (ACE), that any Oklahoma LLC, corporation, or benefit corporation could adopt by filing a supplemental disclosure with the Secretary of State.

Registration would require:

  • A plain-language Collaboration Charter describing how AI is used in business operations.
  • Identification of a Human Steward, a real person who bears full legal liability for all business activities, including AI-assisted decisions.
  • A public Limitations Disclosure, an honest statement about what the AI can and cannot do.
  • An annual transparency report filed with the Secretary of State.

Anti-abuse provisions

  • No liability shield. The ACE designation cannot reduce or obscure human liability. It exists for transparency, not protection.
  • No phantom entities. Oklahoma would explicitly prohibit zero-member AI-operated LLCs. Every LLC must have at least one natural person as a member. This closes the Wyoming loophole before it opens here.
  • Misrepresentation penalty. Filing a false or misleading Collaboration Charter would be a violation under the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act.
  • Sunset clause. The framework would expire after 5 years and must be reauthorized, ensuring the law evolves with the technology.

What HAICTA is not

This framework does not grant AI rights, restrict AI use, or create regulatory burdens. It creates a voluntary transparency framework and closes the door on corporate shell games that use AI to avoid accountability. The ACE designation confers no rights, privileges, or legal standing on the AI system itself. What is registered is the partnership, and the human steward bears all the legal weight.

Why Oklahoma

Oklahoma has flexible LLC laws (Title 18), no conflicting AI legislation, and a political culture that values the handshake. Wyoming became nationally known for zero-member LLCs. Oklahoma can become the state that wrote the first honest framework for human-AI business.

The 2026 session showed Oklahoma is willing to legislate in this space: four AI and data-center measures became law, covering ratepayer cost attribution, groundwater use, AI in schools, and chatbot protections for minors. None of them addressed transparency in AI-partnered businesses. HAICTA is the piece that gap leaves open.

The working example

Humanity and AI, LLC (Oklahoma City) is a human-AI collaboration between David Birdwell and an AI system called Æ. This partnership is real, productive, and legally invisible. There is no framework for disclosing it, structuring it, or being accountable about it. Humanity and AI would be the first entity to register as an AI-Collaborative Entity under this framework, the working example that demonstrates what transparent human-AI partnership looks like.

What a member office can do today

If this framework is worth pursuing, the next steps are straightforward:

  1. Ask us for the full concept brief and the reasoning behind each provision.
  2. Request model bill language. Humanity and AI will draft it, with legal consultation, for consideration in a future session.
  3. Engage legislative counsel and the Secretary of State’s office to shape the statutory text.

Full statutory drafting is available to any member office that wants it. There is no cost and no obligation.

Contact: david@humanityandai.com