Artificial Intelligence

The Senate voted 35-2 on the measure (SB 482) that establishes a right for parents to control children’s interactions with AI chatbots.

Local and national media experts at a recent forum warned that, in the age of AI, emotionally charged and false content spreads significantly faster on the internet than accurate information.

The measure addresses key issues such as electricity and water use needed to maintain the data centers and generally requires public notice of when plans are filed for a data center in the region.

While the House is advancing DeSantis’ call for rules around data centers, his proposal for an “Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights” still hasn’t made an appearance.

Bay Area Legal Services developed the first of its kind in Florida. Chatbot Bailey B. is designed to help users draft basic legal documents and navigate landlord-tenant issues, like evictions.

This week on "The Florida Roundup," we spoke about the push to build new large-scale data centers for artificial intelligence and more.

A revolt is afoot in both red and blue states against the use of artificial intelligence in health insurance determinations — and against efforts led by President Donald Trump to tie states’ hands.

“We’re always looking for more tools to put in our toolkit to help pets get home first and foremost,” Pinellas County Animal Services director Jennifer Renner said.

The House version of the “AI Bill of Rights” (HB 1395) has been assigned to four committees, which has historically been a sign of leadership opposition to a proposal.

A collaboration with Moffitt Cancer Center is now part of one plan to reimagine the area around Tropicana Field. However, the renowned cancer institution already has a home in St. Petersburg.

The findings reflect the commercial boom that ChatGPT sparked for artificial intelligence tools that can write emails and computer code, summarize long documents or help answer questions.

While calling pieces of the bill a move in the right direction, Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, said some clarity is needed to define artificial intelligence and chatbots.