DeSantis’ ‘AI Bill of Rights’ sets stage to clash with Trump over proposed AI ‘rulebook’

In a Friday news release, DeSantis said, "Our AI proposal will establish an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights to define and safeguard Floridians’ rights – including data privacy, parental controls, consumer protections, and restrictions on AI use of an individual’s name, image or likeness without consent."

However, that is already facing headwind from the White House, as Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday, "There must be only One Rulebook if we are going to continue to lead in AI. We are beating ALL COUNTRIES at this point in the race, but that won’t last long if we are going to have 50 States, many of them bad actors, involved in RULES and the APPROVAL PROCESS.”

“You can’t expect a company to get 50 approvals every time they want to do something. That will never work!” the president added. Although a final order has not been signed by the president, there was a draft executive order from November that said the US Attorney General can sue states to overturn AI laws, per the New York Times.

DeSantis said in a post about the proposed legislation last week, "Today, I proposed new legislation on artificial intelligence and Al data centers to protect Floridians' privacy, security, and quality of life. Our Al proposal will establish an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights to define and safeguard Floridians' rights—including data privacy, parental controls, consumer protections, and restrictions on Al use of an individual's name, image, or likeness without consent. Our legislation will also ensure protection for ratepayers, taxpayers, local governments, water resources, and Florida’s natural landscapes against so-called hyperscale data centers. We must put Floridians first!"