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Alicia Civita

Trump's Pick for Florida Governor Byron Donalds Breaks With Him on AI as State Sues OpenAI

MIAMI- President Donald Trump's preferred candidate for Florida governor has broken with him on one of the fastest-moving fights in American politics: who gets to regulate artificial intelligence.

Rep. Byron Donalds, the Trump-backed Republican running to succeed Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2026, said Monday that states should be allowed to take the lead in creating rules for AI. The comments came the same day Florida filed a first-in-the-nation lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing the company behind ChatGPT of misleading the public about safety risks and failing to protect children.

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