Ned Lamont
3 storiesNed Lamont is the governor of Connecticut, who signed Substitute Senate Bill 5, the Connecticut AI Responsibility and Transparency Act (CART Act), on May 27, 2026. Recent coverage focuses on the law's five areas — automated employment decision tools, AI companions and chatbots, frontier model developers, generative AI content provenance, and social media platforms used by minors — with obligations phasing in from October. Opinion pieces also urge protections for teens using AI chatbots in mental health crises, and lawmakers say they hope to pass further AI rules next session.
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The opinion piece warns teens often turn to AI chatbots in mental health crises, where failure to detect suicidal thoughts can be life-threatening. A 2025 study of 29 AI mental health chatbots found none met the standard for an adequate crisis response and nearly half were inadequate. Connecticut's governor signed a law requiring operators to make "reasonable efforts" to detect suicidal ideation, which the author calls only a start.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed Substitute Senate Bill 5, the CART Act, on May 27, 2026, covering five areas: automated employment decision tools, AI companions and chatbots, frontier model developers, generative AI content provenance, and social media platforms used by minors, with obligations phasing in from Oct. 1, 2026 through Jan. 1, 2028.
Amid tech industry doomsday warnings about AI, Connecticut lawmakers hope to pass further AI regulations next session. Sen. Maroney is interested in Illinois legislation requiring third-party safety audits of AI models and stressed the importance of independent validation of safety protocols.
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