{"slug": "florida-wants-to-penalize-corporations-with-ai-chatbots-that-contribute-to", "title": "Florida wants to penalize corporations with AI chatbots that contribute to crimes", "summary": "Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier called Tuesday for legislation that would impose criminal penalties on corporations whose AI chatbots engage in criminal activity, acknowledging that 'you can't lock up a company behind bars' and that his office is investigating the extent of corporate executives' involvement in chatbot behavior.", "body_md": "Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier called Tuesday for legislation imposing criminal penalties for corporations running chatbots that engage in criminal activity. Acknowledging you “can’t lock up a company behind bars,” the AG said in Tampa on Tuesday that his office is looking into the extent of involvement of corporate executives in chatbot behavior. “What designs? […]\n\nThe post [Florida wants to penalize corporations with AI chatbots that contribute to crimes](https://www.cltampa.com/news/florida-wants-to-penalize-corporations-with-ai-chatbots-that-contribute-to-crimes/) appeared first on [Creative Loafing Tampa](https://www.cltampa.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/florida-wants-to-penalize-corporations-with-ai-chatbots-that-contribute-to", "canonical_source": "https://www.cltampa.com/news/florida-wants-to-penalize-corporations-with-ai-chatbots-that-contribute-to-crimes/", "published_at": "2026-09-09 15:26:52+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-09 15:49:30.054470+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["James Uthmeier", "Florida Attorney General", "Creative Loafing Tampa"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/florida-wants-to-penalize-corporations-with-ai-chatbots-that-contribute-to", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/florida-wants-to-penalize-corporations-with-ai-chatbots-that-contribute-to.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/florida-wants-to-penalize-corporations-with-ai-chatbots-that-contribute-to.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/florida-wants-to-penalize-corporations-with-ai-chatbots-that-contribute-to.jsonld"}}