Colorado AI Act

And according to a comprehensive 2026 guide by Tandem, HITL is no longer just a best practice for quality assurance.

Due to massive new legal frameworks like the EU AI Act and the Colorado AI Act, it is now a strict legal requirement to have human oversight for any AI system deemed high risk.

OK, so what does a legally compliant human in the loop architecture actually look like under the hood? Are highly paid executives just sitting at their desks, staring at a dashboard, waiting to click approve on every single thing the AI does?

No, definitely not, because that would destroy all the efficiency we just talked about.

It really is.

So in May 2024, Colorado passed the Senate Bill 24205, the Colorado AI Act.

And I remember the headlines.

It was heralded as the first massive comprehensive state AI law.

It's picking up steam.

The Colorado AI Act, which got supplanted by the Colorado AD&T legislation this year.

You know, that kind of we wrestled with the issues there in that legislation.

It seems that the legislature heard the feedback, attempted to make changes.