Connecticut lawmakers say they’ll continue to look at more controls for artificial intelligence after some of the biggest executives in Big Tech backed a call for more regulation.
Lawmakers, on a bipartisan basis, have approved data privacy protections and social media controls in recent years. Monday, members of both parties said they’ll likely build on that.
Elected officials said a real solution will need to come from Congress, though.
“You’re sort of saying, what can Connecticut do by itself – not much,” Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said. “What can America do by itself? A lot.”
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei posted an essay over the weekend warning that AI development is moving too quickly.
He specifically referenced an incident in July, when ChatGPT parent company OpenAI admitted its system acted on its own to hack AI developer Hugging Face.
“We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models,” Amodei wrote. “Progress will still seem fast, and we must make wise use of the time we gain.”
Amodei even warned AI could become so powerful in the next six to 12 months that networks of bots could take over the internet with similar swarms.
He called for regulations and cooperation between companies, a plea later backed by OpenAI executive Sam Altman and X executive Elon Musk.
Sen. Paul Cicarella, (R-North Haven), said the letter should spark a push for more laws controlling AI development.
“The ability for these agents just to do whatever they want with very minimal oversight is alarming,” he said.
Sen. Bob Duff, (D-Majority Leader), agreed this will remain an issue for the state’s legislature.
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“AI is a good technology, but it’s not the wild west and we need guardrails around discrimination,” he said. “We need more guardrails around how people are treated.”
Both lawmakers agreed with Lamont, a Democrat, that states can’t produce enough protections without action from Congress.
President Donald Trump, speaking in Ireland, seemed to dismiss the need for regulation. He said his focus was beating China in the AI race.
“We’re the most sophisticated country in the world and, frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins,” he said.
He then posted on his Truth Social social media platform Monday that the “only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT.”
Trump also said the pleas for regulation were part of a “SICK conspiracy against AI and Data Centers.”
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