Officials at the UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology have begun drafting legislation to regulate artificial intelligence models. Bloomberg Report. It’s unclear how future regulation will integrate with the UK’s existing AI Safety Institute, which already conducts safety testing of the most powerful AI models.
However, the UK has no formal policy preventing companies from releasing AI models that have not been safety assessed. It also has no power to remove any existing model from the market if it violates safety standards, or to fine companies that violate safety standards. (In contrast, the EU’s AI bill can impose fines if AI companies violate certain security benchmarks.)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has previously said there is no need to “rush to regulate” AI models and platforms. at the same time, Bloomberg Other government officials have reportedly raised the possibility of changing UK copyright rules to strengthen opt-out options for training data sets.Any potential bill is reportedly still a long way off Bloomberg.