Still ahead of the Feds.

https://fpf.org/blog/sb-5-in-five-what-to-know-about-connecticuts-new-ai-law/

SB 5 in Five: What to Know About Connecticut’s New AI Law

Connecticut’s SB 5 fits a lot of AI obligations into a small bill number. This week, Governor Lamont (D) signed the 39-section bill into law, creating new requirements across several fast-moving areas of AI policy, including companion chatbots, automated employment decision tools (AEDTs), social media, and provenance data. The law also includes provisions related to frontier AI whistleblower protections, AI-related layoff notices, and planning for a state AI regulatory sandbox, making it one of the broader state AI packages enacted this year. The law’s provisions phase in over time, with effective dates ranging from October 2026 to January 2028.

Already out of date…

https://www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport/Reports/2025_IC3Report.pdf

2025 Internet Crime Report

I do it because they do it. (Everyone must disarm or no one will disarm)

https://thenextweb.com/news/mistral-mensch-defends-ai-warfare-pope-rebuttal

Mistral’s Arthur Mensch directly rebuts Pope Leo on AI in warfare

Arthur Mensch, the chief executive of French AI startup Mistral, pushed back directly on Thursday against Pope Leo XIV’s call to “disarm AI,” arguing that European companies cannot afford to step back from defence-AI work when adversaries are actively deploying the technology.

The remarks, made three days after the Vatican published Magnifica Humanitas, the Pope’s first encyclical, mark one of the most direct corporate responses yet to what has rapidly become the Catholic Church’s most consequential intervention on AI.

“We’re all for peace,” Mensch said, “but if you look at our rivals and adversaries in the world, they’re using artificial intelligence. As long as we have adversaries that are threatening, and they are threatening, we do need to have our own capabilities.”