Why DeSantis Believes AI Needs Tight Regulation Now

TALLAHASSEE—As Florida lawmakers debate legislation in the state’s capital, Gov. Ron DeSantis is making an all-out push to a finish line. The 47-year-old Republican is in the last year of his second four-year term as governor, making him ineligible to run again. So he’s spending his political capital as he runs “through the tape,” he told The Epoch Times during an interview at the Florida Governor’s Mansion earlier this month. He’s hoping for this prize—for lawmakers to pass his proposed AI Bill of Rights. He said it’s needed to protect Floridians and the state’s natural resources from potential harms of unrestricted and explosive growth of artificial intelligence....