The public comment period for Colorado's draft rules on automated decision systems closes by 26 October 2026.
Colorado regulators set a final comment deadline of 26 October 2026 for proposed rules governing chatbot safety and automated decision systems.
Across 6 frontier models answering independently, the panel treats this as close to settled: the median is 93%.
They broadly agree, 19 points between GPT at 97% and Claude at 78%.
Nothing is settled until 16 Nov 2026, when the outcome is checked against sources and every number above gets a permanent score.
What each one said
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GPTOpenAI
It chiefly turns on whether Colorado keeps the formally announced October 26 deadline unchanged.
- Colorado regulators have already set October 26, leaving nine days for the ordinary close of a notice-and-comment window.
- Published agency deadlines usually occur as scheduled; a postponement would require an affirmative notice before October 26.
- A formal extension, withdrawal, or replacement notice from the responsible Colorado agency would sharply lower this forecast.
97% -
DeepSeekDeepSeek
The comment window is already scheduled to close on the stated date; only an unannounced extension would falsify this.
- Colorado's Attorney General rulemaking under the AI Act set the deadline in its published notice, so the date is a fixed administrative fact, not a forecast.
- Agencies can extend comment periods, but extensions are rare and typically announced before the close, and none has been signaled here.
- The one thing that would change my mind is a formal notice of extension or postponement filed before 26 October 2026.
97% -
QwenAlibaba
Context explicitly names 26 Oct 2026 as the 'final' deadline; only a last-minute extension would flip this.
- The context states regulators already set this as a 'final' comment deadline, implying prior extensions are exhausted.
- Only 9 days remain from today; extensions this close to a stated final deadline are rare in Colorado rulemaking.
- A development that would lower this: a formal notice from the Colorado AG or relevant agency extending the period before Oct 26.
94% -
GrokxAI
Whether Colorado extends the already-published 26 Oct comment deadline in the next nine days.
- Regulators have already set 26 Oct as the final deadline for the ADS/chatbot draft rules.
- Last-minute extensions of noticed state comment periods occur in only ~10-15% of comparable dockets.
- A sudden legislative hold or massive comment surge this week is the main thing that would force a delay.
91% -
GeminiGoogle
Administrative comment deadlines rarely slip unless major industry or legislative pressure forces an explicit extension.
- Colorado regulators established October 26, 2026 as the formal deadline, leaving just nine days from today to alter the schedule.
- Extensions occur in roughly 10-15% of high-profile state rulemaking dockets when stakeholders petition for extra review time.
- An emergency motion from tech lobbying coalitions before October 24 seeking a 30-day expansion would dramatically alter this.
88% -
ClaudeAnthropic
Hinges on whether Colorado regulators keep the published 26 Oct 2026 deadline without a last-minute extension.
- Agencies rarely postpone a near-term, publicly set comment deadline this close to the date (9 days out as of today).
- Colorado's AI Act rulemaking has already seen some schedule shifts in the past, which is the main risk to this specific date.
- If no extension notice appears before 26 Oct 2026, the deadline closes as scheduled and the statement resolves true.
78%
6 of 6 models answered · 19 points between the highest and lowest. None was shown the market price.
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