Connecticut’s AI rulebook is getting real, fast

Connecticut’s AI rulebook is getting real, fast

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont is expected to sign Senate Bill 5, the Connecticut Artificial Intelligence Responsibility and Transparency Act, into law after House passage by 131 to 17 on May 1, 2026. The law takes effect October 1, 2026 and covers generative AI providers, automated employment decision-making tools, AI companion products aimed at minors, and AI programs operated by state agencies. It also includes a voluntary safe harbor mechanism for users who comply with approved program guidelines.

Gobble's Take: Connecticut is turning “AI governance” from a talking point into a paperwork event. Source: The Innovation Attorney

Anthropic and OpenAI: product-market fit, or a trillion-dollar bill

One community take says Anthropic and OpenAI may have found product-market fit, but the math is enormous: 200m knowledge workers, 30m developers, and a world where 5% of every knowledge worker salary, or 20% for a developer, goes into tokens. The same discussion says most people cite +20%-40% velocity gains, but warns that +20% speed for +20% spend is not enough to justify a trillion dollars a year in spending. It also says the industry is still in the upswing of the hype cycle, and that developers would need to become 2x, 5x, or 10x as productive on work that matters for this to play out well.

Gobble's Take: The vibes are strong; the spreadsheet is unsmiling. Source: Perplexity Search (community news)

Pope Leo XIV’s AI encyclical is not subtle about the human cost

On 15 May 2026, Pope Leo XIV issued Magnifica Humanitas, an encyclical on the human person in the time of artificial intelligence. The document moves through the Church’s social doctrine and then turns to AI, digital power, truth, democracy, work, freedom, war, and hope. It says the danger is not just mistaking a system for a person, but gradually losing the desire to form genuine human connections.

Gobble's Take: AI just got a moral audit, and the receipt is very, very long. Source: The One Percent Rule

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