artificial intelligence
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Energy constraints loom larger than water for Colorado AI boom, experts say
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As artificial intelligence reshapes almost every sector of the economy, experts at this year’s Colorado Climate Week gathering in Boulder said it is also reshaping local physical infrastructure. From grid demand and water use to data center construction, scaling the necessary framework to support AI, they said, will be a challenge as experts and policymakers…
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Federal judge proposes sanctions against Mike Lindell’s lawyers for continued fake citations
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A federal judge is once again pursuing sanctions against lawyers for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for continuing to cite to court cases that do not exist, likely based on the faulty output of artificial intelligence tools. Last year, a jury in Colorado awarded plaintiff Eric Coomer $2.3 million in damages against the defendants, Lindell and…
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10th Circuit warns lawyers after finding fake case in filing
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The Denver-based federal appeals court warned attorneys to be more careful last month after discovering one lawyer cited a fake case in his arguments. In recent months, federal and state judges in Colorado have begun cautioning lawyers explicitly about the pitfalls of using generative artificial intelligence in legal filings without verifying the output. The Colorado…
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Denver approves $4.6M AI-powered permit review contract
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The Denver City Council approved a $4.6 million contract with ComplyAI on Monday for a new online tool intended to speed up the city’s permitting process. Officials say the platform, CivCheck, uses artificial intelligence automation, machine learning and “intelligent document analysis” to streamline application intake and code-compliance review. The council approved the five-year contract on…
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Colorado House committee advances bills regulating AI in therapy, insurance decisions
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Colorado lawmakers are moving to place guardrails on the growing use of artificial intelligence in mental health care and insurance decisions. The House Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday approved two bills that would limit how therapists and insurers use AI — requiring clinician oversight when AI is used in therapy and preventing insurance…
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As parents claim some AI chatbots encourage teen suicide, Colorado legislators eye regulation
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Last September, the parents of two teen boys appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism to tell their stories. Megan Garcia, the mother of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer, said her son took his own life in 2024. After his death, she found out he had been having sexually explicit conversations with a…
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Potential clues? Palantir shares several risks of doing business in Colorado
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When Palantir announced it moved its headquarters from Denver to Miami, it gave little reason for its decision. All it sent out was a short post on X. It came as a shock that the major company known for its federal contracts with U.S. military and immigration forces had been preparing a new place to…
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10th Circuit orders lawyer to pay $1,000 for faulty AI citations
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The Denver-based federal appeals court ordered a lawyer on Monday to pay $1,000 to the opposing side for submitting a legal filing with fake case citations generated by artificial intelligence. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit acknowledged Kusmin Linda Amarsingh had expressed remorse over using unverified ChatGPT citations.…
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AI in the exam room: blending technology with the human touch
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As artificial intelligence has become more ubiquitous in everyday life — from a typical smartphone’s autocorrect function to chatbots that can simulate conversations with humans, quickly analyze data sets and more — it’s also changing how medical professionals and organizations provide health care, and the patient experience along with it. Today, medical practitioners are using…
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2025 Unfiltered: Colorado Supreme Court vacancy, surge in federal filings and more
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This year was awash in legal news nationally, with federal courts taking an outsize role in responding to executive branch actions. In Colorado, that effect was evident, but it was not the only factor at play. Here are the top developments in 2025 from the state and federal judiciaries. Unexpected vacancy There was an unusual,…
