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Colorado Newsline: ‘Massive amounts of money’ doomed Colorado’s landmark 2024 AI law, sponsor says

Colorado’s landmark 2024 legislation to protect consumers from discrimination by artificial intelligence systems couldn’t withstand the “massive amounts of money” being spent by technology companies to influence AI policymaking, the law’s architect told fellow lawmakers Tuesday.

With one exception, SB-189 is virtually identical to a draft measure released in March by an AI policy group convened by Gov. Jared Polis on the recommendation of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce. Several members of the task force, whose meetings were not fully public, testified in support of the bill during Tuesday’s committee hearing.

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