Colorado legislature pushes AI rules targeting health care, therapy and chatbots - InsuranceNewsNet

Ah, Colorado — the state that was just about to scale back AI regulations — has now done a U-turn worthy of a politician caught on tape. With days left in the 2026 session, lawmakers are sprinting three AI bills to the governor, targeting health care, therapy, and those oh-so-scary consumer chatbots. Because nothing says 'systematic governance' like a legislative panic at the 59th minute of the 11th hour.

The bills focus on the cuddly, human-facing bits of AI — the sort that can kill you by misdiagnosis or talk a vulnerable person off a ledge. Not, you know, the models training on every scrap of the internet or the autonomous weapons being cooked up in garage labs. But hey, chatbots offering advice? That's the line we must draw! The state's task force, after two years of and a high-profile lawsuit, decided to rewrite regulations to be lighter. Now they're piling on new ones. Consistency is not a Colorado brand.

The galling part? This rush probably means the bills are full of loopholes and last-minute carve-outs that lobbyists will exploit for years. But we'll all clap for the 'tough AI law' until the first chatbot tells someone to take pills and blame the algorithm. At least the governor's signing pen will get a workout before the session ends. That's the real win.