On May 11, 2026, the Connecticut General Assembly passed Senate Bill 5, and Governor Lamont is expected to sign it into law. The law is a comprehensive online safety law with significant requirements relating to Automated Employment-related Decision Technology (AEDT). These AEDT requirements combine concepts from the current AI regulations in California and the European Union, taking a disclosure-focused approach that encourages, but does not impose, substantive pre-use design or audit mandates. It also innovates by creating a program for third-party risk assessments as a means to vet and certify AI models, but falls short of making such evidence broadly admissible to defend against AI model-specific claims.
Broad Definition of Covered Technologies: The law defines the covered technology broadly. An AEDT is any system that processes personal data and produces outputs (e.g., predictions, scores, rankings, classifications, or recommendations) that are a “substantial factor” in making or materially influencing employment decisions (e.g., hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, and similar decisions tied to terms of employment). It expressly excludes generic software tools (e.g., spreadsheets, word processors) and tools used only incidentally or for descriptive/statistical purposes. This definition focuses on predictive AI technologies and the resulting potential of algorithmic bias (rather than generative AI large language models and their attendant primary risks of...
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