The Justice Department joined xAI’s civil lawsuit on April 24 that challenged an artificial intelligence (AI) law in Colorado, set to go into effect on June 30.
The lawsuit, initially filed by Elon Musk’s company xAI on April 9, claimed the state law will cause unconstitutional “algorithmic discrimination” and asked a court to block it from being enforced.
The DOJ sided with xAI, arguing the law “jeopardizes the United States’ position as the global AI leader by requiring AI systems to incorporate discriminatory ideology that prioritizes preferred demographic characteristics and outcomes over accurate and merit-based outputs.”
“Laws that require AI companies to infect their products with woke DEI ideology are illegal,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon, who works under the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division….