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US AI Updates
Colorado Publishes Draft ADMT and Chatbot Regulations
On August 11, 2026, Colorado’s Attorney General announced it published draft regulations under the state’s ADMT Act (SB26-189, the replacement to the AI Act) and Chatbot Safety Act (HB26-1263). The draft ADMT-focused regulations include detailed requirements for:
consumer disclosures and accessibility standards;
“midstream developers” that integrate covered ADMT into their own covered ADMT products;
documentation and disclosure requirements for ADMT developers;
when and how adverse outcome disclosures need to be provided to consumers, and what these must indicate about the decision and available consumer rights (including requirements that differ by sector and context—education, real estate, financial or lending services, insurance, and employment);
how deployers need to respond to consumer requests for information about covered ADMTs; and
how deployers need to authenticate consumers and honor consumer rights to (1) obtain personal data used in consequential decisions; (2) correct incorrect or inaccurate personal data used for consequential decisions; and (3) obtain human review and reconsideration of consequential decisions.
The draft Chatbot Safety Act regulations have additional detail on exemptions and requirements for certain conversational AI services, including requirements for age assurance (and incorporation of an ISO standard for age assurance), consumer disclosures and accessibility, minor accounts and users, privacy and account settings, service design and operation, false representations, and annual report requirements.
Comments are being accepted through October 26, 2026, and there will be a hearing on October 26, 2026. The regulations if adopted would take effect January 1, 2027.
California AI Transparency Act Now in Effect
On August 2, 2026, California's AI Transparency Act disclosure obligations became operative. The law applies to creators of publicly available generative AI systems with more than 1 million monthly visitors in California and requires covered providers to offer AI detection tools and implement both latent and manifest disclosures for AI-generated image, video, and audio content. Additional requirements take effect on January 1, 2027.
Global AI Updates
EC To Begin Enforcing AI Act Provisions
The European Commission announced on July 30, 2026, that its AI Office, together with national authorities, would begin enforcing the European Union's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act on August 2, 2026.
NIST Publishes Initial Draft of Framework for Evaluating AI Systems
On August 2, 2026, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published an initial public draft of the TEVV-Athlon Framework (NIST AI 200-2) for public comment. The Test, Evaluation, Verification and Validation (TEVV) Framework is a structured approach for developing assessments of AI systems. The framework is meant to help AI system evaluators create an AI assessment (which the draft calls a "TEVV-Athlon." The framework consists of four stages: (1) articulate & organize, (2) define & construct, (3) apply & measure, and (4) synthesize & interrogate. The TEVV-Athlon assessment is meant to dovetail with the core functions of the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (RMF). The draft is open for public comment until October 6, 2026.
Claude Introducing AI Content Marking
Anthropic has signed the EU AI Act’s Article 50(2) Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content and, per its Help Center article, is rolling out machine-readable content marking across Claude models and platforms. Anthropic is rolling out global, machine-readable content marking across all Claude models and platforms. The system weaves imperceptible, copy-persistent watermarks into generated text and attaches cryptographic C2PA metadata to visual files. This means any material generated or processed through Claude — whether via web, API, or enterprise cloud partners — will automatically carry compliance signals without altering text quality or user experience. Anthropic plans to release dedicated detection mechanisms and technical guidance, allowing developers and organizations to programmatically verify whether a piece of text or a file carries a supported Claude mark.
For more information about this process refer to: How Claude marks AI-generated content | Claude Help Center
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