If you thought tech companies were your overlords now, wait till you hear about this wonky piece of legislation being cooked up in Colorado.

As The Lever reports, a bill proposed in the state's legislature last year would make it outright illegal for individuals to sue AI companies for violating the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, blocking off one of the few meaningful means of recourse for consumers who get screwed over by unfair business practices by the likes of OpenAI or Anthropic.

If passed, only the state Attorney General would have the power to sue AI companies under the act.

"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," Co

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