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# Colorado AI Act

> Comply with Colorado's law governing high-risk artificial intelligence systems.

> Comply with Colorado's law governing high-risk artificial intelligence systems.

The Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act is among the first comprehensive US state laws regulating high-risk AI systems. It requires developers and deployers of high-risk AI to use reasonable care to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination, with transparency, impact assessment, and disclosure obligations.

<Note>
  The Act applies to developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems that make consequential decisions affecting Colorado consumers.
</Note>

## Who needs Colorado AI Act?

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="AI developers" icon="microchip">
    Organizations that build or substantially modify high-risk AI systems.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI deployers" icon="robot">
    Organizations that use high-risk AI to make consequential decisions.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Key components

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  <Card title="Duty of care" icon="hand-holding-heart">
    Use reasonable care to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Impact assessments" icon="clipboard-check">
    Assess high-risk AI systems for discrimination risks.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Consumer disclosure" icon="comment">
    Notify consumers when AI is used in consequential decisions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Risk management" icon="shield">
    Implement a risk management policy and program for high-risk AI.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## How DSALTA helps with Colorado AI Act

<Steps>
  <Step title="Activate Colorado AI Act">
    Select the Colorado AI Act from the Frameworks page. DSALTA maps requirements to controls.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review AI controls">
    Review duty-of-care, assessment, and disclosure controls and assign owners.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Collect evidence automatically">
    Connect integrations to gather supporting evidence.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Approve AI policies">
    Review and approve AI governance and risk management policies.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Maintain accountability">
    Track impact assessments and consumer disclosures.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Frequently asked questions

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  <Accordion title="What is a high-risk AI system?" icon="robot">
    An AI system that makes, or is a substantial factor in making, a consequential decision affecting areas like employment, lending, housing, or healthcare.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="How does it relate to the EU AI Act?" icon="arrows-left-right">
    Both regulate high-risk AI, but the Colorado Act is narrower and focused on algorithmic discrimination, while the EU AI Act is broader in scope.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related pages

* [Active Frameworks](/guides/compliance/frameworks-active)
* [Available Frameworks](/guides/compliance/frameworks-available)
* [Controls](/guides/compliance/controls)
* [Audits](/guides/compliance/audits)