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Connecticut has become the latest state to enact legislation regulating the use of artificial intelligence as it relates to employment. On May 27, 2026, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed Senate Bill 5 (“SB 5”), formally titled the “Connecticut Artificial Intelligence Responsibility and Transparency Act,” into law. The new law applies to employees and job applicants in Connecticut and imposes new obligations on employers doing business in Connecticut who deploy “automated employment-related decision technology.”
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The enactment of SB 5 reflects the rapidly expanding patchwork of AI regulation at the state level. Although the law is not as broad as the recently enacted AI law in Colorado, SB 5 does require employers doing business in Connecticut, as well employers who have employees in Connecticut or who accept job applications from Connecticut residents, to comply with various notice requirements beginning October 1, 2027. As discussed below, the new law requires impacted employers to take steps to ensure compliance.
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The new law regulates “automated employment-related decision technology” (“AEDT”). The law defines AEDT broadly as “any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output” including, but not limited to, “any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information” that is a “substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.” The...
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