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What the Dems Talk About When They Talk About A.I.

With an A.I. profiteer in the White House and no congressional mojo, Democrats have been shockingly impotent on A.I., an issue that infuriates or scares the hell out of most Americans. Now, even as they muster some resistance, they risk being outflanked.

kathy Hochul
In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul has been at the forefront of A.I. policy: The state has outlawed A.I.-generated child pornography, and it requires safety protocols for A.I. chatbot companions, including ones designed to prevent self-harm among users, and warnings to consumers if they are spending too much time talking to A.I. companions. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Peter Hamby
December 9, 2025

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Late last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed a “Citizen Bill of Rights” for artificial intelligence, a stocking stuffer list of proposals aimed at protecting consumers from every anxiety-inducing aspect of A.I.—deepfakes, data collection, chatbots engaging with minors in a creepy way, other chatbots posing as mental-health experts, Chinese A.I. tools, the fraudulent use of names and likenesses, noisy and grid-straining data centers, and so on.