Colorado passed groundbreaking artificial intelligence legislation last year, but getting the law implemented has proved difficult.
The Colorado AI Act sets first-in-the-nation comprehensive consumer protections, intended to safeguard the public from being discriminated against when AI is used to make decisions about their health care, employment or other important areas. But the law hasn’t yet gone into effect — and its implementation date is getting further away.
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Rep. Brianna Titone, Colorado AI Act and Sunshine Act sponsor, says one major sticking point was getting stakeholders to agree on what counts as an “automated decision-making system” that should be covered by the law. Loren Furman — president and CEO of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce and part of a task force launched in 2024 to revise the law — says there also wasn’t enough time for businesses to fully review proposed language around what different industries would have to include when disclosing their use of AI.
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