HARTFORD, CT — With a pair of new laws intended to protect residents’ privacy and information from the use of artificial intelligence, Attorney General William Tong addressed the major provisions of two related bills going into effect Oct. 1.

“We are late to this party, okay?” Tong said at a Wednesday news conference. He added that the federal government should have acted sooner to regulate AI. But lacking that, the state needed to take the lead.

Of the two bills, Public Act 26-24 amends the Connecticut Data Privacy Act and introduces other regulations that limit surveillance pricing, place disclosure requirements on the use of facial recognition technology, and bans the sale of consumer’s precise geolocation data

Public Act 26-15 establishes the Connecticut Artificial Intelligence Responsibility and Transparency Act (“CART Act”), which Tong said is one of the most comprehensive AI laws in the country.

The CART Act specifically targets companies that offer AI chatbots to children, requiring them to put in place a protocol to detect and address chats indicating a risk of self-harm. The chatbots must also offer parental controls, and must not engage in romantic or sexual interactions with children.

On the employment front, the CART Act requires employers to provide written notice when using AI to make a decision that impacts employment status, and companies from using AI to discriminate against employees.

Tong was joined by state Sen. James Maroney, D-Milford, vice-chair of...

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