Tag: UK Policy
83 articles tagged UK Policy
Starmer's ministers planned an AI safety law that then fell away
Plans to compel pre-release testing of frontier models lapsed in Starmer's final months, and Burnham has since abolished the department that drafted them.
Tribunal judge says litigants in person must check their AI output
After a 132,000-word ChatGPT skeleton argument, an EAT judge ruled that unrepresented parties share lawyers' duty to verify AI-drafted court documents.
ICO chief says smart glasses expose a gap in how privacy notices work
Paul Arnold, who is severely visually impaired, argues the smart glasses debate should focus on a deeper problem: privacy signals people cannot see.
Anthropic skipped UK safety testing and faced no penalty
The lab that called loudest for a slowdown released its newest model without AISI evaluation, and the institute had nothing to impose in return.
Anthropic's Jack Clark says AI kill switches may need to be law
The Anthropic co-founder wants lawmakers to consider requiring an AI shutdown mechanism that outsiders can verify, a measure the UK government turned down last week.
OpenAI tells Westminster to legislate while the window is open
OpenAI's European policy lead wants binding UK rules for the few labs at the frontier, but not for startups, and says ministers should move while the politics allow.
Seventy parliamentarians ask Burnham to back a ban on ASI
Fifteen ex-ministers and a former head of the civil service want the PM behind a bill prohibiting artificial superintelligence, and a G20 coalition to match it.
Observatory wants ethnicity performance data in NHS AI contracts
The NHS Race and Health Observatory wants suppliers to report AI accuracy by ethnic group, with minimum standards below which a product cannot be bought or must be pulled.
NHS AI tools could face L-plates before full approval
A clinician-led commission wants new AI models supervised under staged authorisation, monitored for life, and backed by tougher MHRA enforcement powers.
Whitehall cannot say what Britain's data centres are for
A freedom of information request asked which firms use the biggest UK sites and for what. The department responsible replied that it holds no such information.
UK safety institute cuts evaluation runs by up to 97%
AISI has open-sourced optstop, which halts benchmark sampling once a model's score is precise enough, saving most planned trials without shifting the estimates.
UK counts the cost of losing access to frontier AI models
The Cabinet Office has ordered an urgent estimate of what British business would forfeit if the newest US models were closed to UK users.
Government opens AI sandbox with legal services first
DSIT's AI Growth Lab lets firms test AI products in real conditions with regulators on hand, starting with the legal sector.
Google drops out of the government's AI tutoring programme
Google UK has been removed as a supplier on the Department for Education's AI tutoring contract weeks after winning a £360,000 share of the work.
Reeves puts AI sovereignty at the heart of UK growth plan
In her Mansion House speech, the chancellor called for a serious plan on AI sovereignty and confirmed the UK will be the first G7 country to issue a Digital Sovereign Bond.
Bank of England flags AI as a financial stability risk
The Bank of England has named AI a growing threat to financial stability, warning that heavy investor bets and rising cyber vulnerability could amplify a market fall.
SNP push to freeze Scottish datacentres tests UK AI plan
The SNP's national council has passed a motion to freeze new Scottish datacentres, a move that could halt projects central to the UK's AI infrastructure strategy.
MPs warn UK has no coherent strategy for sovereign AI
A Commons committee says Britain has 'no coherent strategic framework' for sovereign AI and risks being cut off from critical technology 'at the whim' of allies.
AI could collapse the welfare state, minister warns
Treasury minister Darren Jones warns the UK benefits bill could become unaffordable within a decade if AI puts millions out of work and concentrates wealth.
King's Speech sets out cyber and AI regulatory overhaul for UK
The King's Speech bundles Computer Misuse Act reform, a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, and a Regulating for Growth Bill covering AI into one legislative push.
UK departments at odds on AI datacentre energy demand
DSIT and DESNZ projections for AI datacentre power use diverge by an order of magnitude as the UK's compute and net-zero plans collide.
UK ministers resist alignment with EU's AI rulebook
DSIT officials warn that adopting Brussels-style AI rules in Starmer's EU reset could damage UK tech investment and US partnerships.
MoJ pilots Justice Transcribe for family courts as lawyers call for child safeguards
Ministry of Justice tests in-house AI against accuracy, cost and safeguarding thresholds, with Law Society pushing retained audio and bias evaluation.
DfT publishes bias-mitigation design for Gemini-based consultation analysis tool
Alan Turing Institute report shows how DfT's Consultation Analysis Tool uses LLM-as-a-judge, human review and explicit demographic safeguards.
MPs told UK has 'outsourced' AI to US billionaires as China positions as responsible actor
Commons business and trade committee hears UK AI development is dominated by US hyperscalers while Beijing backs global governance talks.
Bank of England's Bailey names Anthropic's Mythos as cyber risk to financial system
BoE Governor Andrew Bailey tells Columbia audience regulators must urgently understand whether Mythos can identify exploitable vulnerabilities in banking systems.
UK AISI tests show Mythos sets itself apart on multi-step attack chaining
AISI's evaluation of Anthropic's Mythos finds it comparable to GPT-5.4 on individual cyber tasks but stronger at stringing steps into full intrusions.
UK reliance on US big tech flagged as national security risk in MP-backed report
Open Rights Group report warns UK digital sovereignty is exposed to US sanctions and CMA estimates £500 million yearly premium on cloud services.
UK Business and Trade Committee probes AI in the workplace
A House of Commons Business and Trade Committee inquiry into workplace AI signals tighter expectations on bias, transparency and human oversight for UK employers.
Alan Turing Institute Told to Reform After UKRI Review
UKRI says the UK's flagship AI research institute is underperforming on strategy and value for money, demanding a pivot to defence and national security.
Alan Turing Institute Warns of AI Information Threats After Crisis Events
A new CETaS report found at least 15 major crisis events since July 2024 involving AI information threats, calling for urgent UK government action to tackle deepfakes and bot networks.
Mind the Gap: Ada Lovelace Institute's 2025 AI Reality Check
New research reveals 84% of UK public believe government prioritises tech companies over citizens on AI regulation, as promised legislation stalls and real-world deployments show mixed results.
UK Schools Trial AI Deepfake Teachers and Remote Learning
Schools across the UK experiment with deepfake teacher videos and remote specialists, sparking debate between innovation advocates and unions concerned about education quality.
