Jacksonville, Fl — Florida is closer to imposing some regulations around artificial intelligence.
A state senate committee yesterday unanimously passed the Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights.
It requires companies to disclose when a customer is interacting with AI instead of a real person.
It also tries to protect personal data, and it gives parents the right to opt out of having their kids taught by AI.
Opponents say we should wait to see what the federal government does first.
In December, Governor Ron DeSantis said he had been working with Florida lawmakers on the artificial intelligence bill of rights.
He emphasized his opposition to efforts in Congress that would block states from acting on their own to regulate AI.
“And that would basically take away the rights of states to be able to do things to protect the people that are here,” DeSantis said.
He said Florida and other states “not only have a right, we have a responsibility to make sure that we’re creating sufficient guardrails so that this stuff isn’t hurting our kids, our families, our businesses and our senior citizens.”
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