{"id":182579,"date":"2026-01-29T05:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/will-ai-regulation-pass-in-ct-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T05:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:55:08","slug":"will-ai-regulation-pass-in-ct-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/will-ai-regulation-pass-in-ct-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Will AI regulation pass in CT this year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/2026\/01\/29\/ai-regulation-failed-the-past-two-years-in-ct-what-lawmakers-are-saying-now\/\">Will AI regulation pass in CT this year?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/2026\/01\/29\/ai-regulation-failed-the-past-two-years-in-ct-what-lawmakers-are-saying-now\/\">https:\/\/www.courant.com\/2026\/01\/29\/ai-regulation-failed-the-past-two-years-in-ct-what-lawmakers-are-saying-now\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-29 05:40:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.courant.com\">www.courant.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* Connecticut&#8217;s 2025 legislative session ended without agreements on AI regulation, data privacy, and consumer protections around emerging technologies.<br \/>\n* Pro-regulation lawmakers pushed for a comprehensive bill, S.B. 2, but it was opposed by the Lamont administration and largely removed from the final bill.<br \/>\n* The global AI market&#8217;s rapid growth and the increasing use of generative AI have increased the urgency of the regulatory debate.<br \/>\n* Connecticut legislators plan to reintroduce AI-related measures, focusing on data privacy and consumer protections, with a specific bill banning facial recognition in retail stores.<br \/>\n* Economic development officials are investing in AI and liken it to a second industrial revolution, but business groups fear restrictive regulations could hinder innovation.<br \/>\n* Connecticut&#8217;s business leaders worry that excessive regulation on data privacy and algorithmic bias would deter companies from adopting AI and make the state less business-friendly.<br \/>\n* Federal action on AI regulation remains limited, with the Trump administration&#8217;s executive order discouraging state-level regulation.<br \/>\n* Despite federal discouragement, Connecticut legislators believe it is essential for states to regulate AI proactively in the absence of federal action.<br \/>\n* The future regulatory direction in Connecticut will define its approach towards the widespread adoption of AI technologies.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will AI regulation pass in CT this year? https:\/\/www.courant.com\/2026\/01\/29\/ai-regulation-failed-the-past-two-years-in-ct-what-lawmakers-are-saying-now\/ Publish Date: 2026-01-29 05:40:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thc-l-AI-bill-0422-01.jpg?w=1024&h=768","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-182579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182581,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182579\/revisions\/182581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}