CT SB00086

Summary of SB00086

• Chief Data Officer must review executive branch agency data by January 1, 2028 to identify datasets useful for AI, machine learning, and economic development, then publish appropriate data on the state's open data repository while ensuring privacy compliance and preventing unlawful discrimination.

• Commissioner of Economic and Community Development must develop a plan for an AI regulatory sandbox program allowing temporary testing of innovative products under reduced regulatory requirements, with recommendations due to the Governor and legislature by January 1, 2028.

• Companion chatbot operators must disclose to users when they are interacting with AI rather than a human, and must establish protocols to prevent chatbots from providing content about suicide or self-harm while referring at-risk users to crisis services.

• Operators must implement additional protections for known minor users, including notifications every three hours of continuous use encouraging breaks, and measures preventing sexually explicit content or conduct suggestions.

• Violations constitute unfair trade practices enforceable solely by the Attorney General, with no private right of action; operators must submit annual reports to the Attorney General beginning February 1, 2028 detailing their safety protocols and crisis referral statistics.