AI

Budget pressures, policy compromises and intraparty tensions shaped this year’s session under Colorado’s Gold Dome.

Companies, governments and other groups that create and use artificial intelligence will no longer have to disclose how their AI systems help make decisions on things like hiring, loans and housing.

Artificial intelligence is quickly moving into our lives and classrooms. A majority of Colorado teachers report using it. Without mandates or policies, many teachers are figuring it out as they go along.

A compromise bill backed by environmental groups is still being negotiated.

Companies that create and use AI wouldn’t have to disclose how their systems help make decisions on things like hiring, loans and housing.

State legislators delayed the law’s implementation to give stakeholders a chance to hammer out disagreements on consumer protections.

The bills would make it illegal for AI to pose as a psychotherapist and deny insurance coverage without human judgment.