Tomorrow Together Targets 2028 AI Messaging as Colorado’s 2027 Rules Approach

Tomorrow Together has announced an initial $1.1 million initiative to research how Democrats should address voters’ concerns about artificial intelligence before the 2028 presidential election, the Associated Press reported November 13. For Denver-area businesses whose AI systems fall under Colorado’s enacted laws, a nearer milestone is January 1, 2027, when two sets of state requirements are scheduled to take effect.

AP reported the political initiative as Democrats gathered in Denver. The November 12–13 What’s Next conference is presented by Majority Democrats, according to its organizer, which says the gathering is not an official Democratic Party event. Tomorrow Together’s research aims to inform political messaging; it does not change Colorado law.

What the earlier deadline covers

Colorado’s SB26-189, signed May 14, addresses developers and deployers of covered automated technology that materially influences consequential decisions. Those decisions include access to employment, housing, lending and insurance. Beginning January 1, the law sets documentation and notice requirements and provides affected consumers with rights concerning inaccurate personal data and human review after certain adverse outcomes.

A separate measure, HB26-1263, sets requirements starting the same day for operators of qualifying publicly available conversational AI services. They include AI disclosure and provisions concerning minors. The measure does not cover every business simply because it uses a chatbot.

The Colorado attorney general’s rulemaking page describes interim draft regulations and a process for preparing final rules after comments. For companies assessing their obligations, that distinction matters: the enacted laws establish the January deadline, while Tomorrow Together’s announced $1.1 million project concerns what Democrats may say to voters ahead of 2028.