{"id":221666,"date":"2026-05-28T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/artificial-intelligence-is-brought-to-you-by-these-florida-lobbyists-and-political-associations\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T08:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:25:12","slug":"artificial-intelligence-is-brought-to-you-by-these-florida-lobbyists-and-political-associations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/artificial-intelligence-is-brought-to-you-by-these-florida-lobbyists-and-political-associations\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial intelligence is brought to you by these Florida lobbyists and political associations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/798208-artificial-intelligence-is-brought-to-you-by-these-florida-lobbyists-and-political-associations\/\">Artificial intelligence is brought to you by these Florida lobbyists and political associations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/798208-artificial-intelligence-is-brought-to-you-by-these-florida-lobbyists-and-political-associations\/\">https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/798208-artificial-intelligence-is-brought-to-you-by-these-florida-lobbyists-and-political-associations\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-28 08:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"floridapolitics.com\">floridapolitics.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Major AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Elon Musk\u2019s xAI have established lobbying teams in Florida to influence various regulatory issues.<\/li>\n<li>These companies are engaging with Florida lawmakers on topics including procurement rules, datacenter growth, education, energy needs, and workforce dynamics.<\/li>\n<li>Lobbying firms like The Advocacy Partners, Capital City Consulting, and others are representing these AI companies, with prominent names such as Sarah Suskey, Nick Iarossi, and Jeff Sharkey involved.<\/li>\n<li>Beyond AI tech firms, utility companies such as Florida Power &amp; Light, Duke Energy, and TECO also wield significant lobbying power concerning infrastructure related to data center energy demands.<\/li>\n<li>Sportsbooks and fantasy sports companies have also started to engage in lobbying, with brands like DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, and even Seminole Hard Rock Digital hiring lobbying firms.<\/li>\n<li>The regulatory and legislative landscape in Florida is becoming increasingly complex, driven by the interplay between cutting-edge AI innovations and traditional industry interests.<\/li>\n<li>Even the speculative, often dystopian, aspects of AI from science fiction now have real-world counterparts lobbying in Tallahassee, blending fiction with reality in shaping the future of AI technology.<\/li>\n<li>The future of AI regulation remains uncertain, with companies seeking to influence laws as they navigate how AI fits into broader societal and economic frameworks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence is brought to you by these Florida lobbyists and political associations https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/798208-artificial-intelligence-is-brought-to-you-by-these-florida-lobbyists-and-political-associations\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DATA-CENTER-ENERGY-scaled.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-221666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221668,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221666\/revisions\/221668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}