{"id":223939,"date":"2026-06-01T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/barnes-proposes-real-rules-to-prevent-artificial-intelligence-from-gouging-wi-consumers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:40:15","slug":"barnes-proposes-real-rules-to-prevent-artificial-intelligence-from-gouging-wi-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/barnes-proposes-real-rules-to-prevent-artificial-intelligence-from-gouging-wi-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnes proposes real rules to prevent artificial intelligence from gouging WI consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/upnorthnewswi.com\/news\/politics\/barnes-ai-price-gouging\/\">Barnes proposes real rules to prevent artificial intelligence from gouging WI consumers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/upnorthnewswi.com\/news\/politics\/barnes-ai-price-gouging\/\">https:\/\/upnorthnewswi.com\/news\/politics\/barnes-ai-price-gouging\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-01 17:28:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"upnorthnewswi.com\">upnorthnewswi.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes aims to make Wisconsin a leader in online consumer protection if elected governor, focusing on preventing companies from using AI to charge different prices based on personal data.<\/li>\n<li>Barnes&#8217; plan also requires companies to present full pricing upfront and prohibits AI-based denial of coverage by insurers.<\/li>\n<li>He intends to hold social media companies accountable for any exploitation of AI tools by scammers.<\/li>\n<li>The Biden administration previously tackled hidden fees, but the Trump administration is moving to roll them back, prompting Barnes&#8217; push for state-level action.<\/li>\n<li>Other Democratic candidates, like Sen. Kelda Roys and Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, have also introduced plans focusing on AI protections and accountability.<\/li>\n<li>There is significant concern and various proposed regulations around the construction and oversight of data centers necessary for AI computations.<\/li>\n<li>Barnes criticizes presumptive Republican nominee Tom Tiffany for advising young people to find jobs that AI can&#8217;t replace, arguing instead for proactive measures to combat potential AI-related job disruptions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barnes proposes real rules to prevent artificial intelligence from gouging WI consumers https:\/\/upnorthnewswi.com\/news\/politics\/barnes-ai-price-gouging\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/upnorthnewswi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/06\/AI-online-shopping-phone-credit-card-scam.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-223939","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\/223939"}],"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=223939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223941,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223939\/revisions\/223941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}