A proposed Colorado bill would prohibit private individuals from suing AI companies under the Colorado Consumer Protection Act and concentrate enforcement power exclusively with the state Attorney General. Four Democratic sponsors of the measure received endorsement from the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, aligning the proposal with business interests. The bill presents changes as clarifying compliance and states that AI decision-making cannot serve as a defense against deceptive trade practices or discrimination. Legal experts characterize the measure as redundant and warn that eliminating private rights of action will make policing wrongdoing significantly harder.
By saying the Attorney General is the only avenue of enforcement of the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, they're saying that for [the AI] industry, there are fewer avenues for people to seek justice,
This is a pretty standard playbook for corporate interests to try to say, 'Look, we're not going to allow private right of action for regular people to bring lawsuits forward to attack wrongdoing,'
They know that it's much, much harder to police wrongdoing when regular people can't come forward and bring lawsuits.
clarifies AI decision-making is not a defense against deceptive trade practices or discrimination.
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