{"id":126909,"date":"2026-01-21T21:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126909\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:12:06","slug":"florida-advances-ai-bill-of-rights-despite-federal-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126909\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida advances AI Bill of Rights despite federal restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV\/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) &#8211; Florida moved closer to becoming one of the first states to guarantee consumer rights against artificial intelligence as lawmakers advanced an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/00482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/00482\">AI Bill of Rights<\/a> during a Wednesday hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sen. Tom Leek, R-St. Augustine is sponsoring the legislation that would require companies to disclose when people are interacting with AI and limit the sale of personal data to non-identifying information only.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe folks this bill is trying to protect are too vulnerable to the suggestions of a computer that is pretending to be a human,\u201d Leek said. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to protect them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The bill would also require parents to opt in before children can use chatbots and allow parents to monitor their children\u2019s AI interactions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Several people supported the bill during Wednesday\u2019s hearing, but some raised concerns about unintended consequences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-center article-text\">Florida Politics<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cTechnically, this can\u2019t be done anonymously. It creates a de facto digital ID system. It\u2019s unavoidable even if the bill avoids that term,\u201d said Julie Barrett, a parent who testified at the hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Florida lawmakers are moving forward despite a federal ban on states regulating AI. President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Ijn-W6VAPw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Ijn-W6VAPw\">Donald Trump signed an executive order<\/a> last month saying AI regulations need to be centralized at the federal level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cEvery time you make a change, it could be a very reasonable change, you still won\u2019t have it approved because you have to go to 50 states. This centralizes it,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Leek said the state\u2019s regulations are allowed because they focus on consumers rather than the technology itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI just think we can\u2019t wait on Congress to act,\u201d Leek said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Leek said there will be changes to tighten definitions before the bill reaches the governor\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 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