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DOJ joins lawsuit challenging Colorado AI law

The suit is the first example of the Trump administration weighing in on a state-level AI law.

Austin Jenkins

03:21 PM, Apr 24, 2026

Colorado Senate Democrat Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez raises his hand as he speaks at the state Capitol on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/Rachel Woolf)

The Trump administration on Friday joined a lawsuit seeking to overturn Colorado’s first-in-the-nation law aimed at ensuring high-risk artificial intelligence systems do not discriminate. 

The U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit piggybacks on a previously filed lawsuit by Elon Musk’s xAI. It targets Colorado’s Artificial Intelligence Act, which lawmakers approved in 2024.

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