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
"AI industry"
"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"
"https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/press_releases/2026/ag-letter--federal-ai-regulation-sept-23--with-signatures.pdf?rev=2e5f1d6440f84ab781edb5b3febdccfa&hash=455FAC0BF8C96E1C0CBEBEE5469C661A"
$10.0M
A March 2023 breach exposed personal and protected health information belonging to more than 13.3 million people after hackers accessed the companies’ systems, including unencrypted files, and security alerts were not properly configured. The companies agreed to pay at least $300,000 in penalties, with up to $9.7 million more due if they fail to comply, and to implement extensive security, incident-response, and data-handling reforms.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and a 23-state coalition obtained a court ruling declaring unlawful federal immigration-enforcement conditions placed on Congressionally authorized public safety grants. The court permanently enjoined the federal government from implementing or enforcing those conditions; the release does not describe a privacy violation or monetary penalty.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong co-led a bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act. This was a legislative advocacy effort, not a new enforcement action; the release discusses prior investigations into platforms’ effects on children and a separate Meta settlement.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors in opposing proposed changes to the 2030 Census. The coalition argued the proposal would exclude people from the count, remove demographic questions, and replace the usual-residence standard; this was a comment-letter action, not a penalty or enforcement order.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined attorneys general from 17 states in an amicus brief urging the New York Court of Appeals to preserve state authority to pursue fraud cases. The underlying civil case alleges that Donald Trump and his co-defendants inflated asset values to obtain better loan and insurance terms; this press release announces advocacy, not a new enforcement order or penalty.
$220.0M
Connecticut and a coalition of 36 attorneys general reached a $220 million settlement with General Motors over the collection and sale of consumers’ driving behavior and location data to data brokers and insurers without adequate disclosure or consent. The settlement requires affirmative express consent before collecting or disclosing driving and location data, limits data collection, and imposes privacy program assessments and dealership oversight and training.