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Senate passes AI package to require disclosures for consequential algorithmic decisions, boost workforce training and ban non-consensual deepfakes
Summary
The Senate approved SB 2 after adopting a strike-all amendment that narrowed developer obligations and focused the bill on transparency for consequential decisions, a state AI training academy, state pilot projects and a criminal prohibition on non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes.
Hartford ' The Connecticut Senate passed a broad artificial-intelligence package on May 14 that requires disclosure when AI is used to make consequential decisions about people, creates a Connecticut Online AI Academy and funds pilot programs to help state agencies use AI responsibly.
Senator Will Maroney, sponsor of SB 2, described the bill in three parts: protect (consumer safeguards and a criminal ban on non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes), promote (a state AI academy and workforce training partnerships) and empower (an AI fellow program and pilot projects for state agencies to improve service delivery). "We're looking at protecting Connecticut residents from known harms of…
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