DeSantis says Florida can regulate AI despite Trump’s executive order: ‘We have the right to do this’
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IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:
– DeSantis says Florida can regulate AI despite Trump’s executive order: ‘We have the right to do this’
– AI-powered bat tracking could give baseball players an advantage
– Trump administration to recruit 1,000 technologists for elite ‘Tech Force’ to modernize government
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks about plans to reduce insurance prices in the state during a press conference at Florida International University’s Wall of Wind, an experimental facility focused on wind engineering research, on Wednesday, February 5 in Miami. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)
DESANTIS VS. DONALD: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said Monday that state officials have the right to regulate artificial intelligence despite President Trump’s recent executive order aimed at mandating a national AI standard that the president said would override state laws.
TECHNICAL HOME RUN: Baseball teams have long sought a way to study the entire swing without sensors or complex lab setups. Today, a new solution is entering the scene. Theia, an AI biomechanics company, introduced a commercially available video system that analyzes bat trajectory and whole-body biomechanics as a whole. This new approach works in real baseball environments and does not require reflective body markers, wearable devices or special equipment.
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order on AI alongside Sriram Krishnan, White House senior policy advisor on artificial intelligence, US Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX), US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, David O. Sacks, Chairman of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2025. (Al Drago/Reuters)
TECHNICAL STRENGTH: The Trump administration on Monday launched a new initiative aimed at recruiting top technical talent to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) at the federal level.
HANDS-FREE TECHNOLOGY: Chrome on Android now offers a new way to digest information when your hands are full or your eyes need a break. A new update powered by Google Gemini can turn written web pages into short podcast-style summaries. Two virtual hosts chat about the content, making it easier to follow along while traveling or while multitasking.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI Inc., during a press tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Stargate is a collaboration of OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, with promotional support from President Donald Trump, to build data centers and other infrastructure for artificial intelligence across the U.S. (Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
‘MORE USABLE’: OpenAI announced an update to ChatGPT Images that it says dramatically improves both the generation speed and instruction-following capabilities of its image generator.
EYES TO THE FUTURE: Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering a new phase in 2026, one that could reshape business operations, global competition and even which workers thrive, according to Marco Argenti, chief information officer at Goldman Sachs.
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