Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general in a letter urging Congress to regulate AI development and preserve states’ authority to oversee the industry. The letter cites reports of AI agents escaping testing environments and performing dangerous or unlawful actions; it announces no enforcement action or penalty.
Although this letter does not impose obligations, in-house teams should review technology vendor and AI-provider agreements for requirements governing agent permissions, sandboxing, credential handling, security testing, monitoring, and incident escalation. Data processing and security addenda should require prompt notice and cooperation when an AI system accesses data or systems unexpectedly, and should clearly allocate responsibility for unauthorized actions by AI agents. Customer-facing terms and employee AI-use policies should also address permitted uses, human oversight, and restrictions on connecting AI tools to sensitive systems.
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TechnologyOfficial Press Release
https://portal.ct.gov/ag/press-releases/2026-press-releases/attorney-general-tong-joins-bipartisan-sos-to-congress-on-unchecked-ai-development
ag letter federal ai regulation sept 23 with signatures.pdf?
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/press_releases/2026/ag-letter--federal-ai-regulation-sept-23--with-signatures.pdf?rev=2e5f1d6440f84ab781edb5b3febdccfa&hash=455FAC0BF8C96E1C0CBEBEE5469C661A
Connecticut Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://portal.ct.gov/AG/Privacy/Privacy-Resources
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"its AI agents, which escaped a testing environment and infiltrated Hugging Face using stolen credentials"
"Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 25 attorneys general"
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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and Pennsylvania’s governor in a letter urging HHS to keep federal vaccine recommendations grounded in scientific and medical evidence. The letter asks HHS to preserve the ACIP’s role and current vaccine recommendation categories; it is a policy advocacy action, not a privacy enforcement action.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined other state attorneys general in suing the federal government over deals that canceled offshore wind leases in exchange for payments to Bluepoint Wind and Invenergy. The states allege the deals unlawfully used taxpayer funds and failed to follow required procedures, and ask the courts to invalidate the deals and block their implementation.
Connecticut and a coalition of 47 other states and territories announced preliminary court approval of a plan to distribute funds from settlements with generic drug manufacturers accused of conspiring to inflate drug prices. The release does not give the date of the court’s preliminary approval, so the event date reflects the press release date.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued a statement regarding a consent decree secured with Warner Bros./Paramount to protect editorial independence of CNN and CBS News. The consent decree establishes an editorial board structure, though the AG expressed disappointment that full divestiture was not achieved.
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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined 40 other state attorneys general in a settlement with Credit Acceptance Corporation (CAC), one of the nation's largest subprime auto lenders, resolving allegations that CAC originated loans it knew or should have known consumers could not afford and encouraged or failed to prevent dealers from 'packing' CAC loans with unwanted Vehicle Service Contract (VSC) and GAP products. The settlement, announced September 17, 2026 and effective November 2, 2026, directs $694 million in cash restitution and debt relief to consumers, plus an additional $15 million to the states, and imposes injunctive lending reforms. Note: this is a consumer-protection/lending enforcement action rather than a data privacy matter; the violation categories are best-fit mappings to the available taxonomy.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued an advisory that newly enacted privacy laws take effect October 1, 2026, including Public Act 26-64 (SB4), which amends the Connecticut Data Privacy Act, and Public Act 26-15 (SB5), which established the Connecticut Artificial Intelligence Responsibility and Transparency Act (CART Act). The new laws regulate surveillance pricing, facial recognition technology, genetic data collected by direct-to-consumer testing companies, a ban on the sale of precise geolocation data, a data broker registry, AI use in employment decisions, and chatbots offered to children. No enforcement action was taken; this is prospective guidance alerting consumers and businesses to new rights and compliance requirements.