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Colorado AI Act: Obligations for Developers and Deployers of High-Risk AI Systems
webWhite & Case legal analysis of Colorado's landmark state AI law (SB 24-205), one of the first comprehensive US state-level AI regulations, relevant for understanding emerging AI governance frameworks and compliance obligations for AI developers and deployers.
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Summary
Analysis of Colorado's SB 24-205, the Colorado AI Act, which establishes legal obligations for developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems, focusing on transparency, algorithmic discrimination protections, and accountability measures. The law represents one of the first comprehensive state-level AI regulations in the United States, drawing comparisons to the EU AI Act.
Key Points
- •Colorado's AI Act imposes duties on developers and deployers of 'high-risk' AI systems, defined as those making consequential decisions in areas like employment, housing, and healthcare.
- •Developers must provide transparency documentation and disclose known risks of algorithmic discrimination; deployers must implement risk management policies.
- •Consumers gain rights to notice, explanation, and appeal when AI systems make consequential decisions affecting them.
- •The law applies to companies doing business in Colorado regardless of where they are headquartered, giving it broad extraterritorial reach.
- •Enforcement falls to the Colorado Attorney General, with no private right of action, and the law is set to take effect February 1, 2026.
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# Newly passed Colorado AI Act will impose obligations on developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems
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20 June 2024
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[Hope Anderson](https://www.whitecase.com/people/hope-anderson "Hope Anderson") \|
[Iesha Nunes](https://www.whitecase.com/people/iesha-nunes "Iesha Nunes") \|
[John Oltean](https://www.whitecase.com/people/john-oltean "John Oltean")
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**The Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act will impose mounting obligations on developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems in an effort to protect consumers from discriminatory consequential decisions by such systems.**
On May 17, 2024 Colorado enacted the first comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) legislation in the United States – the [Colorado AI Act
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