Put simply, the UK has no dedicated legal framework for frontier AI, no regulator with real authority over frontier AI systems, and no way to hold developers liable when their models cause harm that was foreseeable, preventable, and publicly admitted.
Critiquing the UK's AI regulatory framework.
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The Joint Committee on Human Rights published a report a few weeks ago which concluded that “nowhere in the world, including the UK,” has a regulatory approach to AI that is fit for purpose.
That is why, together with colleagues across parties, I am calling on the Government to bring forward primary legislation with binding safety and testing requirements for frontier AI developers.
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