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Doing work you love can enrich your career and your life, and it can also make life better for many. The challenge is to keep that commitment from becoming a 9-9-6 (or 9-9-7) grind.
Four days after a driverless Waymo rolled into the South Pearl Street Farmers Market, another drove around a barrier into a Denver street closed for resurfacing. No one was hurt either time, but police still have no way to issue a ticket, exposing an accountability gap in Colorado law.
This is looking like the AI story of 2026. (Perhaps even more so than – but closely tied in with – the pushback on data centers.) All of a sudden, real concerns about the existential harms AI may be capable of have been stealing the headlines. Recent high-level resignations from Anthropic
Before September 11, the U.S. government had gathered most of what it needed to know. But what should have come after that - sharing the information, interpreting it, and imagining what it might mean - utterly failed. AI could help with some of that, but not all.
Mark Cuban says opposition to data centers is a proxy for hating AI. Colorado's public record points to more concrete concerns: water, power, noise, jobs, and trust. And now, local governments are writing the rules.
Nearly four years after ChatGPT, the jobs apocalypse hasn’t arrived. But AI is transforming what workers do and how much they can produce. This Labor Day, workers have a stake in how those gains are divided and a big reason to become active participants in creating them.
The Fed stayed mostly quiet on AI for nearly two years. Now, finally, its chair says we've hit a "hinge point in history" - but even he can't say what happens next.
When a Reachy Mini tells Holly's son about a limitation it never learned through experience, our writer wonders what happens when a machine speaks about an inherited fact as if it discovered it for itself.
What started as just a few Denver-area AI practitioners getting together for a beer has become a tight-knit community of builders comparing notes, solving problems and helping one another keep pace with AI.
Humanoid robots have been running, jumping and boxing their way across China's World Humanoid Robot Games. But a non-humanoid robot drilling holes in data center floors may tell us just as much about where robotics is headed.
Kathy Long offers a bootstrapping founder's field guide to funding for Colorado AI startups. As someone who's chased nearly every kind of funding imaginable, she's learned a few lessons.
Janice Thorpe became COLTT’s first faculty program chair in 2022, just months before ChatGPT arrived. At this year’s conference, the questions increasingly moved beyond how to use AI to something harder: What thinking should students still need to do for themselves?
“At this point, saying that AI will cure cancer is more a cliché than it is inspiring, and most people think it is deceptive. … The thing that will work is actually curing cancer.”
NASA used seismic waves to reveal the hidden interior of Mars. Now a new instrument is peering inside Claude - and finding a small, illuminated workspace surrounded by an ocean of activity the model cannot fully explain.
Colorado companies are just five months from being legally accountable for their AI. An artwork assembled entirely from secondhand, racist souvenirs explains what AI firms should be checking.
Big banks are cashing in on the AI boom while testing AI agents in-house - an early look at how white-collar work may change in a highly regulated industry. And Colorado's revised AI law is already staking out who's accountable when things go wrong.
"We do not let medicine reach a child until it is proven safe. We test every toy. Yet AI has reached our children – their learning, their friendships, their most private questions – before anyone asked what it would do to them." – António Guterres, United Nations secretary-general, speaking July
What if the best guide to understanding artificial intelligence isn't Silicon Valley, but an octopus? Holly Vezina follows an unexpected thread from quantum physics to the ocean in search of a different way of thinking about intelligence.
As Washington, D.C. prepares a massive fireworks display expected to produce hazardous air pollution, Colorado communities are canceling shows because of extreme fire danger. AI-assisted drone choreography points toward a different kind of holiday spectacle.
Crys Black revisits Reese Witherspoon's controversial AI remarks. The actor urged women to embrace the technology, but new research reveals why access and upskilling are only part of the answer.
AI hasn't so much eliminated the entry-level job as promoted it — leaving recent graduates to compete for openings that demand the very experience those jobs once provided.
From a train nearing Cologne, Holly Vezina reflects on beauty, mortality, and why humanity’s capacity to feel - and for reverence - is likely to remain essential in a world shaped by superintelligence.
A federal judge in Mississippi punished lawyers on both sides of a case for AI-generated legal errors. Not long ago, the elite firm Sullivan & Cromwell - which advises OpenAI on the responsible use of AI - did the same thing. What's going on here?
The Class of 2026 is entering a difficult job market and an AI-shaped future. The boos were a demand for agency, honesty, and trust - but also a reminder that skepticism works best when paired with curiosity.
Upcoming AI battles in Colorado may not only be about responsible AI, bias, copyright protection, or job losses. They may also be about electricity, land, water, and who pays when Big Tech’s infrastructure comes to town.
Pope Leo XIV used his first encyclical to warn that AI could erode work, concentrate power, and loosen human control over war. The document drew wide attention not only for its message, but for the prominent role Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah played in the Vatican presentation.
Among the recipients of the President's "AI for Teaching & Learning Award" are three CU Boulder faculty members actively leading and supporting the Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group (RMAIIG).
Reed Smith partner Thompson says Colorado’s revised AI law is less novel, more familiar, and more likely to survive – giving businesses more certainty and consumers protections that may actually take effect.
Colorado’s creative economy could be entering a new phase, one shaped not only by film funds and arts investment, but by artists who learn to use AI as a tool for ambitious, imaginative, and yes, deeply human work.
Reuters reports that ventures tied to OpenAI and Anthropic are looking to buy AI services firms so they can bring more engineers and consultants into enterprise AI rollouts. (Didn't see that coming, did you?) For all the talk about automation, the hard part often isn’t the model
Not only are there more AI sessions than you can possibly make it to - about 50 over five days - but BSW is free, it's weird, and it's all yours.
The future of AI needs more women building, questioning, explaining, and leading. That won’t happen if visibility keeps coming with an added tax.
One sends us outward toward the cosmos. The other sends us inward, compelling us to define thought, judgment, and even consciousness. Both space travel and AI force us to grapple with what it means to be human.
Are you ready for this?
AI isn’t just changing how legal work gets done. It’s exposing the economic limits of the billable hour and accelerating a client-driven shift toward flat fees and value-based pricing.
This is not a joke: Allbirds, the once-buzzy footwear brand known for minimalist sneakers and a tech-friendly sheen, has now decided that shoes will play no part of any of the company's future success. According to the Associated Press, the shoe company said it would pivot
"Next Level: The Intersection of Quantum, Capital, Supply Chains, and Open Source" is convening engineers, supply chain experts, security professionals, and investors for a fireside chat and panel discussion in Louisville.
From teaching assistants to historical avatars, AI is beginning to act as a co-instructor, with implications for educators, students, and the workforce.
Your brain on AI: What the research says about why you can't turn it off. A few thoughts about sharks, Alexander Hamilton, a morning walk, and something called "reward uncertainty."
In the Age of AI, what role does a library play? Providing a community of learning is key. With that in mind, the Loveland Library's AI series – featuring Andres Sepulveda Morales and Crys Black – resumes on April 9 with ‘The Essential AI Toolkit.’
The structural risks uncovered in a near-unicorn assessment, and why they mirror the scaling challenges facing every large enterprise today.
And for those not on their phones, here it is in IMAX format:
Our newest columnist, attorney Seth Gardenswartz, weighs in on what OpenClaw’s naming saga can teach the rest of us about standing out in a crowded ocean.
Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg makes an unusual argument for a politician: Many of today’s CEOs are not prepared for what’s needed in an AI-driven business environment.
After watching "The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist," our newest columnist, Holly Vezina, reflects upon a film about superintelligence, parental dread, and our obligation to face the AI future together.
The big win by Atom Computing's Ben Bloom at the CTA's APEX Awards proves that quantum is not just pie in some far-off sky - it's here, and Colorado is in prime position to make global waves in the quantum space.
SheBuilds in Boulder showed what can happen when women get time to build.
A developer’s story of accidentally wiping his production infrastructure is less an indictment of Claude Code than a reminder that AI tools still need guardrails, careful review, and common sense.
Love and data, love and data, Go together like a click and "I’ll read the fine print later." Hearts may flutter, sparks may shine, But someone’s logging every line. (With apologies to Frank Sinatra and lyricist Sammy Cahn.) And while we're discussing the strange
For more than two decades, CU Boulder’s Silicon Flatirons has convened rigorous debates on technology and policy. This year’s Flagship Conference, including Monday afternoon’s Spectrum Security and Resilience Summit, revealed a widening gap between AI governance and the infrastructure risks it increasingly shapes. Day One: Power, agency,
The Silicon Flatirons Flagship Conference focused on the emerging “have and have not” divide in artificial intelligence. Crys Black shares her thoughts.
John Zito, Co-President of Apollo Global Management – which boasts $840 billion of assets under management – posed a question last fall that seems to have grabbed Wall Street by the neck this week - or at least, until today. Speaking at a Toronto gathering in October, Zito told investors the biggest
Our first edition of 'Other Voices' provides a quick read on where the year may be headed: many agents, tighter budgets, Google takes the edge, big IPOs, and a massive data center buildout.
Yann LeCun is leaving Meta and doubling down on "world models." Meanwhile, a Ph.D. student and an associate professor at CU Denver are trying to make today's language models more inventive without letting them drift into nonsense.
A survey of more than 60 SEO experts says the big shift will continue to be what happens after the search: more AI answers, fewer clicks, and a growing premium on brands that earn trust and get citations from other trusted sources.
The Colorado Springs-based holiday tradition - arising out of a misprinted phone number for Santa in 1955 - has been updated with a web-based calling option and a small set of ChatGPT-powered creative tools from OpenAI.
From a snowy roadside north of Boulder, a weathered ranch gate turns into a frame for the city’s AI boom - and a reminder to bring our humanity with us into all that comes next.
The chatbot's Nov. 30, 2022 debut already feels like a long time ago. The tool is everywhere, opinions are polarized, and the real question is this: What kind of grown-up do we want this 3-year-old technology to become?
At RMAIIG's recent AI Robotics event, kids crowded around the demos - a reminder that Colorado’s AI and robotics future is already in the room.
In a wide-ranging interview, Pichai weighs in on current market conditions, the reason why Google will outperform its competitors, and what will separate the winners from everyone else in the workforce.
Figure AI's humanoids moved from factory trials to Colorado's marquee stage, providing a first look at how robots fit safely into a live performance. Why that matters to music - and beyond.
A closer look at what changed - and what did not - in OpenAI’s evolving policies around AI and the law. Also: A free, live webinar this Wednesday: "Solving Legal Needs Using AI."
"When AI videos are just as good as normal videos, I wonder...how it will impact the millions of creators currently making content for a living...scary times." – MrBeast (posted on his X account, October 5, 2025) MrBeast (real name: Jimmy Donaldson) is the world's most
The premier AI marketing conference turned from promise to execution, featuring a wake-up call as AI agents become buyers, video costs collapse, and trust becomes the product. Leaders must plan for job redesign, not just new tools.
This year's theme of "Accountable Acceleration" finds that weekly use is now routine, daily use is growing fast, ROI tracking is standard, and budgets are rising - setting up a two- to three-year path from adoption to durable ROI.
Investment in AI is driving growth, even as hiring and affordability falter. From Wall Street to the Front Range, optimism and unease are running side by side.
A year after our first profile, the Denver startup is running a pilot project at Regis, promoting an employer cost calculator, exploring an opt-in “wing-woman” with dating apps, and accelerating product work to meet rising demand.
At Silicon Flatirons, Brad Feld reminds Colorado’s next generation of founders that giving first isn’t altruism - it’s how communities, including AI startups, build lasting momentum.
"It’s no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest It’s no secret ambition bites the nails of success Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief." — U2, “The Fly,” Achtung Baby (1991) More
OpenAI’s Sora 2 isn’t just a better video model; it’s a public feed where every clip is AI-made. We break down what’s new, how labels and “cameos” work, why creators care - and why every consumer should.
Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s fireside chat was a playbook for AI with timeless lessons for everyone: ethics first, embed empathy and trust, and be the hope.
Compelling conversations ensued.
Colorado AI News welcomes Phil Metzger with the launch of his "AI 101" column. He kicks things off with a hands-on guide to vibe coding that shows non-coders how to turn plain-English ideas into working apps.
The courtroom fight is just getting started - and Colorado’s strengths in AI, data, and cyber may help keep much of Space Force here in the Centennial State.
With 35 new companies and record efficiency, Colorado’s flagship university is celebrating its robust pipeline of investable innovation.
For this Denver entrepreneur, vibe coding is the new literacy, transforming prompts into opportunity, capital, and a seat at the table.
The Centennial State ranks eighth in the country for AI use per capita, according to Anthropic’s new Economic Index.
Colorado’s pioneering AI law is now on hold until next June. State representative Titone explains how the session slipped away and why she’s not giving up.
Group founder Andres Sepulveda Morales: "My 'north star' for FoCo AI is dead simple: Start conversations around different aspects of AI, avoid being cliquey, and create a genuinely welcoming environment."
Lee Frankel-Goldwater and Eric Raanan Fischman's exploration of what can happen when two poets collaborate with a chatbot is a striking entry in the field of cyborg poetics.
Sam Altman, prior to the launch of OpenAI's GPT-5: “GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD-level expert.” “A significant step along the path to AGI.” Altman, after the launch: “The numbers here
New, fully online program offers flexible, performance-based admission and global reach, with its first MS-AI cohort starting this month.
Gov. Polis has called a special session - beginning on August 21 - to amend or delay the state AI law in response to the federal threat.
"The whole philosophy of the Flood Lab at CU Boulder is to mitigate flood loss and help prepare people to combat those flood risks that happen every year, everywhere in the world."
As artificial intelligence enters the medical and mental health fields, voices from CU Boulder and Colorado Anschutz urge careful design, fairness, and empathy.
Why the clip from the Coldplay concert suggests that a future filled with deepfakes may be the end of a shared reality.
"Google’s soon-to-be-realised dream of ambient computing – really the internet of things, where all smart devices, from fridges to phones, are connected – includes, at a later date, connecting humans directly to its services, and to one another – via a nanochip implant in our brain. "This
From AI-fueled celebrity slop to deepfake diplomacy and synthetic music bands, deception is reaching new heights.
Reflections on artificial intelligence and my entry in RMAIIG's "AI and the Creative Arts" showcase.
The multi-sport athlete and CEO of the X Games is now also the executive chairman of a Boulder-based AI startup focused on bringing consistency and fairness to sports officiating and judging.
Reasoning by analogy from the history of technological progress holds some useful lessons, but it also is missing the important distinction that the AI we are concerned about will be fully autonomous, fully capable, and might very well compete with us for resources.
I believe we need to push beyond the surface-level discussions about efficiency and misinformation to examine what's really at stake: Our capacity for independent thought, creative expression, and authentic human development.
You will play a crucial role in evangelizing, promoting and advocating for the adoption and understanding of IBM AI technologies, especially Watsonx.
"What will this mean for humans? For creativity? "Or do I mean, what is meaning? For humans? For creativity? We shall have to reimagine those terms: Humans. Creativity. Meaning. "Here’s Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web: What matters is in the connections. It
Hugging Face's LeRobot hackathon will involve 100 cities globally. Join the one taking place in the Mile High City so you can add "built a working AI robot" to your resume.
And it’s not just commencement speakers who are saying this. The most innovative AI companies are seeking out those with backgrounds in the humanities. (Ever heard of DeepSeek?)
A federal judge ordered OpenAI to preserve and segregate all output log data, but that order collides with the way OpenAI operates. What happens when legal demands meet technical, ethical, and regulatory limits?
🇺🇸 This Memorial Day - whatever else we're doing - let us take some time to honor those who sacrificed everything for our country. At Colorado AI News, we spend most of our days reporting on the future - AI innovations, regulations, ethics, and the entrepreneurs shaping what’s next. But today,
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