Amid a push by President Donald Trump for nationwide regulations, a proposed state “Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights” started moving forward Wednesday in the Florida Senate. >> Video above: Florida bill wants mandatory AI education starting in fifth gradeThe Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee unanimously backed a bill that includes establishing a “right” for parents to control children’s interactions with artificial intelligence. The bill also says people have a right to know when they’re communicating with a human or an AI system or chatbot. The measure also says people have a right to know whether political advertisements were created in whole or in part with the use of artificial intelligence. State Senator Tom Leek (R- Ormond Beach) is the bill sponsor.“There are chatbots that provide therapy,” Leek said. “The folks this bill is trying to protect are too vulnerable to the suggestions of a computer that is pretending to be a human. You just can’t wait to protect those folks.”The bill needs to clear one more Senate committee before it could go to the full Senate. The Computer & Communications Industry Association, a national tech-industry group, last week sent a letter to the Senate opposing the bill. The group says AI-related laws should be made at the federal level.“The bill embraces the opportunities that come from AI, while also drawing very clear lines to protect our privacy, our dignity and to protect basic fairness for Floridians,” Leek said. State Sen. Carlos Smith (D- Orlando) added: “This AI Bill of Rights is a strong and necessary first step. It recognizes that innovation and individual rights can go hand in hand really.”
Amid a push by President Donald Trump for nationwide regulations, a proposed state “Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights” started moving forward Wednesday in the Florida Senate.
>> Video above: Florida bill wants mandatory AI education starting in fifth grade
The Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee unanimously backed a bill that includes establishing a “right” for parents to control children’s interactions with artificial intelligence. The bill also says people have a right to know when they’re communicating with a human or an AI system or chatbot.
The measure also says people have a right to know whether political advertisements were created in whole or in part with the use of artificial intelligence. State Senator Tom Leek (R- Ormond Beach) is the bill sponsor.
“There are chatbots that provide therapy,” Leek said. “The folks this bill is trying to protect are too vulnerable to the suggestions of a computer that is pretending to be a human. You just can’t wait to protect those folks.”
The bill needs to clear one more Senate committee before it could go to the full Senate. The Computer & Communications Industry Association, a national tech-industry group, last week sent a letter to the Senate opposing the bill. The group says AI-related laws should be made at the federal level.
“The bill embraces the opportunities that come from AI, while also drawing very clear lines to protect our privacy, our dignity and to protect basic fairness for Floridians,” Leek said.
State Sen. Carlos Smith (D- Orlando) added:
“This AI Bill of Rights is a strong and necessary first step. It recognizes that innovation and individual rights can go hand in hand really.”
