Gov. Ned Lamont and Sen. James Maroney, who clashed last year and still disagree over the degree to which the state should regulate generative AI, found common ground Tuesday in the opening of the Connecticut Online AI Academy.
In partnership with Google, the Connecticut State College and University system’s online Charter Oak college is offering courses through the new AI academy aimed at providing skills increasingly required to compete for jobs.
Maroney is an evangelist on the promise and perils of artificial intelligence, and the concept of the academy was an element of the sweeping AI bill the state Senate passed on a party-line vote last year over the governor’s objections…