Florida Policy Index

By the early 1950s, the United States produced nearly half of the world's steel. Few industries appeared more secure. Fewer still imagined that America's dominance could ever meaningfully decline. Yet history had other plans. Today, the United States occupies a remarkably similar position in artificial intelligence. America's technology companies lead the development of frontier AI models. Its cloud providers operate much of the world's advanced computing infrastructure.

Florida AI policy is emerging at the center of U.S.–China strategic competition, where a fragmented, state-by-state regulatory approach risks constraining American innovation in a critical national security technology.

For years, the digital economy was defined by its lack of physical constraints. Cloud computing, mobile platforms, and software-driven services created the perception of a system that could scale without friction—light, flexible, and largely detached from the physical world. Artificial intelligence is reversing that model.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping AI executive order marks a decisive shift in who writes the rules for artificial intelligence in the United States. Rather than allowing states to continue experimenting with their own AI frameworks, the order asserts federal primacy—aiming to replace a growing patchwork of state laws with a single national approach.

AT&T announced a $5.75 billion deal to acquire the bulk of Lumen’s mass markets fiber business, aiming to accelerate access to high-speed fiber internet across more than 4 million locations in 11 states. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026.

AT&T announced it is set to surpass 30 million fiber locations by mid-2025, months ahead of schedule, after reaching 29.5 million at the end of Q1.

AT&T has announced its plan to discontinue traditional landline phone services in Florida and nearly all of its U.S. service areas.

Florida AG Ashley Moody, joined by 41 other state attorneys general, is urging congressional leaders to pass critical legislation.