Overview
- At a live-streamed event from Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter, Gov. Ron DeSantis promoted a state 'AI Bill of Rights' focused on consumer notice, youth safeguards, privacy, and public-sector procurement rules.
- He detailed proposals requiring disclosure when people interact with AI, parental access to minors’ AI chats, a ban on Chinese-made AI tools in state and local agencies, restrictions on chatbots serving as licensed therapists, and limits on commercial use of a person’s name, image, or likeness.
- DeSantis warned that hyperscale data centers offer few long-term jobs and heavy utility and water demands, said no such facilities are currently under construction in Florida, and vowed residents should not face higher bills or subsidies for them.
- He asserted Florida’s plans do not violate President Trump’s new executive order and said the state could defeat any Department of Justice challenge, even as the order establishes an AI Litigation Task Force to contest state laws.
- Florida lawmakers are advancing related measures, including House Bill 527 to require human decision-making on insurance claim denials after hearings during a House-designated 'Artificial Intelligence Week.'