On 28 July 2025, the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation resubmitted the Artificial Intelligence Bill including impact assessment and mitigation obligations to Congress. The Artificial Intelligence Bill requires implementers of high-risk artificial intelligence systems to conduct and periodically update impact assessments before implementation and after substantial modifications, covering risks, data quality, performance, transparency, and human oversight. Systems not classified as high risk are exempt.
On 28 July 2025, the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation resubmitted the Artificial Intelligence Bill including mandatory design requirements for artificial intelligence systems to Congress. The Artificial Intelligence Bill requires artificial intelligence systems to be designed to allow human intervention and oversight, control, auditing and traceability, and to ensure transparency, comprehensibility and user information when interacting with artificial intelligence. It mandates privacy and confidentiality by design, requiring respect for the fundamental right to privacy and protection of personal data in accordance with Colombian law. It requires proportional and risk-based design aligned with the level of autonomy, context of use and potential harm, and requires developers to design systems that respect, protect and promote fundamental rights and human dignity. The Artificial Intelligence Bill further requires non-discriminatory design that respects diversity and inclusion, minimises environmental impact through sustainable design practices, and ensures that artificial intelligence systems are not designed or used to create unjustified barriers to entry, facilitate anticompetitive conduct, or abuse a dominant position. It further requires artificial intelligence controllers to implement mitigation and prevention measures proportionate to system risk to protect human rights and prevent negative social and environmental impacts.
On 28 July 2025, the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation resubmitted the Artificial Intelligence Bill including artificial intelligence authority governance to Congress. The Artificial Intelligence Bill designates the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation as the National Authority for Artificial Intelligence, responsible for guiding implementation, coordinating artificial intelligence governance, adopting guidelines, technical standards and best practices, and issuing binding technical recommendations, including additional requirements for high-risk or prohibited artificial intelligence systems under Article 5. The Artificial Intelligence Bill provides for regulation within twenty-four months and establishes interinstitutional and intersectoral coordination mechanisms aligned with the National Artificial Intelligence Policy (CONPES 4144 of 2025) through the Intersectoral Coordination Committee for Artificial Intelligence. It establishes supervision and continuous monitoring of high-risk and prohibited artificial intelligence systems, creates the National Advisory Council of Experts in Artificial Intelligence, and establishes a National Technical Committee on Regulatory Sandboxes. The Artificial Intelligence Bill provides corrective measures and sanctions applicable to private artificial intelligence controllers and assigns inspection, oversight and control functions to the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce.
Last updated: 28/07/2025