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(WFSB) – Connecticut lawmakers are working to regulate artificial intelligence with a bill focused on AI chatbots and workplace usage as a May 6 deadline approaches.
Senate Bill 5 is making its way through the legislature, having passed the Senate and now heading to the House for a vote.
The bill requires AI chatbot operators to make efforts to detect suicidal ideation and connect users with resources. Lawmakers on the General Law Committee said the measure is important since 70% of teenagers use AI companions.
Wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against OpenAI and Microsoft claiming chatbots encouraged a Greenwich man to kill his elderly mother and himself last year.
Angel Colon said he has conversations with his daughter about what she sees and does online, especially involving chatrooms and AI.
“I just tell her to be wise and keep boundaries and not to look at everything that may look good,” he said.
Tamilla Triantoro, associate professor of business analytics and information systems at Quinnipiac University, said talking to chatbots can change communication patterns.
“AI companions are available around the clock. They don’t push back like a friend or a parent would and they tend to tell people what they want to hear. For a young person who is still developing, that creates an entirely different learning environment,” she said.
The bill would also make employers tell workers when AI is being used in the hiring process. It pushes for education in nonprofits and small businesses to help with the integration of AI.
“What is happening is that it is changing parts within each job, so a lawyer is still a lawyer, but some parts of work are different and a teacher is still a teacher, but maybe lesson planning is somewhat different,” added Triantoro.
Colon said AI is intimidating, but education is the answer.
“It all starts at home with me teaching her and being aware that not everything that looks good on the internet is good,” he stated.
OpenAI and Microsoft did not respond to requests for comment about Senate Bill 5.
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