A coalition of Connecticut AI experts supports a bill that would regulate the industry that has been introduced in the U.S. Senate.

The bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-AR) would establish enforceable penalties against big tech companies whose AI products exploit personal data or use copyrighted material without permission.

“Innovation without accountability is not progress. It’s recklessness,” said Vahid Behzadan, the co-founder of the Connecticut AI Alliance, at a new briefing with Blumenthal outside the state Capitol in Hartford on Tuesday.

He said the alliance supports the U.S. Senate bill because it would hold AI companies accountable.

“When individuals have no recourse if their work is appropriated without consent, it creat

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