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On May 17, 2024, the Colorado Legislature passed Senate Bill (SB) 24-205 to protect employees and consumers by prohibiting developers of high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems from engaging in “algorithmic discrimination” in consequential decision-making. This prohibition also applies to organizations that deploy these high-risk AI systems. Governor Jared Polis signed the bill into law on May 17, 2024.
Algorithmic discrimination occurs when AI treats individuals differently in an unlawful manner based on their membership in a protected class, such as religion, sex, or race. A high-risk AI system is defined as any system that makes or