What is your car's year, please? AP1 or AP2/3? That could make a difference in answers you get.
Also, if memory serves, AP does not change speed because of a change in speed limits except on roads with no center divider. So, were you on a freeway with a center divider? Or on some other type of road?
It is possible your car experienced "phantom braking" and the change in speed limit is a coincidence, too....