President Trump’s Justice Department has intervened in a lawsuit filed by artificial intelligence company xAI against Colorado’s SB24-205, a law requiring AI developers to build government-approved diversity and inclusion outcomes into their models.

The legislation, set to take effect on February 1, 2026, mandates that developers of high-risk AI systems must implement measures to prevent algorithmic discrimination. It includes an explicit carveout for algorithms designed to advance “diversity” or “redress historic discrimination.”

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division stated: “Laws that require AI companies to infect their products with woke DEI ideology are illegal.” The DOJ argues Colorado’s statute violates the Equal Protection Clause by compelling AI companies to produce outputs aligned with a specific ideological agenda.

Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Civil Division noted laws like Colorado’s threaten national and economic security.

Following the intervention, Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser agreed not to enforce SB24-205 until a court rules on xAI’s preliminary injunction motion, effectively suspending the law’s June 30 enforcement date.