Between Sunday and Monday, a hoped-for deal on the Colorado General Assembly's main proposal on artificial intelligence regulation took a hit — and sources said it may not recover, as the issue around liability further shook the already shaky support for a potential agreement.
Recognizing the collapse of the possibility of a deal, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Robert Rodriguez, D-Denver, pushed an amendment in order to gut the bill and, instead, merely delay the 2024 regulation that is set to originally take effect early next year.
Rodriguez now seeks to delay that to June 30, 2026.
As of Sunday night, the Democrat said he thought he had the "outlines of a deal that would hold bad actors to account for their actions."
"Business, consumer protection advocates, labor, and educators came to