AI Bill Targeting Private Sector Stalls in Connecticut House

Legislation restricting private-sector use of artificial intelligence won’t advance before the Wednesday end of session for the Connecticut House of Representatives, the bill’s sponsor said Tuesday.

Provisions in the bill (S.B. 2) taking on algorithmic bias would have thrust the state to national leadership on regulating the technology.

A standoff between House Speaker Matt Ritter (D) and Gov. Ned Lamont (D) appears to have doomed the bill in the final stretch of the session after it passed the state Senate last month. The governor, who had concerns over how the bill might hinder tech innovation in the state, ...