UK's New Labour Government Plans to Establish AI Legislation
Summary
On July 17, 2024, following the Labour Party’s election, the UK government indicated that it will adopt AI legislation. In the King’s Speech (which sets out bills that the UK government intends to introduce in the upcoming parliamentary session), it was noted that the government will “seek to establish the appropriate legislation to place requirements on those working to develop the most powerful artificial intelligence models.” This is in line with statements in the Labour Party’s manifesto that it planned to introduce targeted AI regulation, in contrast to the former Conservative government’s “pro-innovation” approach (for more, see our earlier post on this here).
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