EPIC: Conn. Governor's AI Bill Lacks Guardrails
Consumer advocates oppose a Connecticut AI bill backed by Gov. Ned Lamont (D), the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Tuesday. EPIC said it raised red flags about SB-1249 in a letter to state legislators on March 28, along with Access Humboldt, Consumer Federation of America and TechEquity.
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The bill “would use taxpayer money to fund AI investment, direct agencies to publish datasets for AI use, and develop a proposal for a regulatory sandbox for AI companies,” said EPIC. “Unfortunately, the bill would not put any guardrails on the use of AI to make consequential decisions about the lives of Connecticut residents.”
The consumer advocates instead urged lawmakers to pass SB-2, a separate AI bill by Sen. James Maroney (D). The legislature’s joint General Laws Committee approved SB-2 and SB-1249 at a hearing last month (see 2503210065).