AGP Executive Report
Last update: 29 minutes agoOnline Safety Push: Meta, Alphabet, TikTok and Snap CEOs are being invited back to Capitol Hill as lawmakers— including Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal—press for stronger protections for children and teens, with states filling the gap after Congress stalled. UConn Research Backstop: Connecticut is moving $35 million to shield UConn and UConn Health from federal research cuts, aiming to keep key labs and clinical work afloat. AI in the Workplace: Connecticut passed a major law regulating AI use in employment, adding new compliance expectations for systems that influence hiring and other job decisions. CT Health Tech Spotlight: A Brookfield company, ROMTech, won a MedTech Breakthrough Award for its at-home, clinician-monitored PortableConnect rehab system. Foundations Watch: A UConn conference is drawing international experts to study Connecticut’s crumbling concrete foundation crisis and how the state’s remediation approach is working. Privacy vs. Retail Tech: Lawmakers are raising alarms about license-plate reader tracking by big-box stores, arguing privacy rules may need to cover private camera networks too.
Note: AI summary from news headlines; neutral sources weighted more to help reduce bias in the result.