AI BriefingState AI Laws Retreat Across the Board
·2026.05.15 04:20
Key point
The Colorado AI Act has been significantly scaled back, marking a retreat in state-level AI regulation.
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Colorado's state legislature passed SB 189, significantly scaling back the 2024 Colorado AI Act.
Now companies only need to provide after-the-fact notice once an AI system has made a lending, hiring, or housing decision, and give affected parties a chance to appeal. Mechanisms that would actually block AI use have effectively disappeared.
- Related AI regulation bills in Texas, California, and New York have also been cut back or vetoed.
- Across US states, AI regulation is retreating more than it is spreading.
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