In its white paper outlining its policy on AI regulation, the UK government has called for “responsible use” while avoiding the introduction of what it calls innovation-stifling “heavy-handed legislation.”
In November 2023, they established theAI Safety Institute, a central hub tasked with testing the safety of emerging types of AI against the above ethical principles. Under their updated whitepaper, the government also recently announced: potential new AI safety requirements for developers building “...
the government sets out (1) core characteristics of AI, allowing regulators to evolve more detailed definitions for specific remits and sectors; and (2) cross-sectoral principles that existing regulators will interpret and implement.
In the coming months, UK regulators are expected to start issuing practical guidance, setting out how organisations should implement the government’s AI principles set out in the government’s white paper on AI earlier this year. However, an interim report from the H...
"When parliamentary time allows, legislation could be introduced to ensure regulators consider the principles consistently." Maya Pindeus, CEO and co-founder of AI startup Humanising Autonomy, said the government's move marked a "first step" toward regulating AI. ...
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Changes to intellectual property (IP) laws to account for the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems will be proposed by the UK government before the end of the year, while an overhaul of the approach to regulating AI in the UK is also under government consideration. ...
Thereafter, in the period through to March of next year, the government anticipates that it will begin to deliver the key central support functions (entering partnership agreements to do so). It will encourage the various regulators to publish guidance on how the cross-sectoral principles will ap...
The guidance is based on six key “principles,” which mirrors similar guidance issued by the UK government relating to the failure to prevent bribery and tax evasion offences. Those principles are: (i) Top-level commitment. (ii) Risk assessment. ...
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