A federal judge has temporarily blocked the State of Colorado from enforcing a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence law.
Colorado is prohibited from taking enforcement actions on alleged violations of the law occurring up to 14 days after the court issues a ruling on the company xAI’s motion for a preliminary injunction, judge Cyrus Y. Chung ruled on April 27.
The Department of Justice had said the state law, which was set to go into effect on June 30, would have required AI developers and deployers to “discriminate based on race, sex, & religion—all in the name of DEI.”
DEI is an acronym for “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”…