Policy2026-06-09 · source-backed
Compliance clock: Colorado AI Act hits June 30, EU AI Act penalties start August 2.
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Colorado's act takes effect in 22 days, requiring risk-management programs and annual impact assessments for AI used in employment, healthcare, finance, education, and housing. The EU AI Act's penalty regime, up to €35M or 7% of global turnover, begins August 2. These are hard near-term deadlines, not future abstractions. If you ship AI into any of those regulated domains, the runway is short.
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