Colorado Joins States Favoring AI Disclosure Over Audit Mandates

State efforts to regulate AI decision-making tools are veering away from bias audit mandates toward transparency requirements, pushed along by Colorado’s narrowing of its bellwether algorithmic bias law.

The revised law (SB 189), which Gov. Jared Polis recently signed, will require employers to give workers notice about the artificial intelligence tools they’re using to guide their hiring, promotions, and firing, much like a Connecticut bill (SB 5) awaiting that governor’s signature.

The two states join California and New York City in requiring varying degrees of disclosure to employees and job seekers when bosses use AI for ...