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CT Businesses Partner with Meta for AI Training

25 July 2025

The Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) recently teamed up with Meta to provide AI training for business owners — marking Meta’s first such event in the Northeast. The session focused on helping companies better understand prompt engineering, aligning AI with brand voice, and evaluating AI tools for their operations.

The Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) recently teamed up with Meta to provide AI training for business owners — marking Meta’s first such event in the Northeast. The session focused on helping companies better understand prompt engineering, aligning AI with brand voice, and evaluating AI tools for their operations.


The event comes at a pivotal moment, as Connecticut lawmakers left the 2025 session without passing new regulations on AI. While businesses show growing interest in adopting AI, many remain unsure how to implement it effectively.


Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam emphasized that AI is now “an essential tool” for both business sustainability and workforce development. Meanwhile, city leaders are exploring broader initiatives, including plans for a $90 million applied AI center in Hartford.


For more, read the full article here: CT Mirror – CT businesses partner with Meta for AI training

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