Florida senator proposes sweeping AI Bill of Rights for residents

Florida’s AI Bill of Rights is an ambitious attempt to turn a grab‑bag of AI concerns into a single state statute. It combines classic privacy and likeness rights—civil remedies against unauthorized use of a person’s name, image or voice—with platform obligations like telling users whether they’re talking to a human or a bot, and tightening age‑gate rules around companion chatbots. It’s also explicitly geopolitical, barring contracts with AI providers controlled by “foreign countries of concern.”

As models become more agentic and more deeply embedded in daily life, states are unlikely to wait for federal consensus. Florida’s bill showcases what a red‑state AI governance template might look like: consumer‑protection rhetoric, strong parental control framing, and a national‑security filter on vendor choice. Even if the bill is watered down, it will influence drafting in other jurisdictions and force platforms to prepare for a patchwork.

For the AGI race, the direct impact on core model development is modest. But every state‑level framework adds compliance drag and shapes where companies feel comfortable rolling out advanced features like highly personalized companions or synthetic media tools. Over time, a proliferation of conflicting AI “bills of rights” could fragment deployment strategies even as underlying capabilities converge.