EPIC, CFA and Fairplay Urge Stronger Rules Under Colorado Automated Decision-Making Technology and Chatbot Laws
EPIC, the Consumer Federation of America, and Fairplay filed comments and testified at a public hearing urging Colorado regulators to adopt stronger rules under the state's Automated Decision-Making Technology Act and Chatbot Safety Act, both recently passed laws now moving through a formal rulemaking process.
Why this matters: Colorado is one of the few states actually writing rules around automated decisions that affect real things — housing, credit, employment, insurance. How those rules get written matters as much as whether they exist. Advocacy groups pushing for stronger standards are trying to make sure the final regulations have teeth, not just paper obligations. If the rules end up weak, companies can check the compliance box while running the same systems that got regulated in the first place. Rulemaking comment periods like this one are where the actual policy gets made, and most people never know they are happening.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · Compliance · General readers · Policy · Privacy officers
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