UK Government response to report on governance of Artificial Intelligence

The U.K. Government has published its response to the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee report on the governance of AI. The Government welcomes the findings of the Committee and agrees with the Committee that specific AI legislation is required. As such, it intends to bring forward AI legislation, following a period of consultation, which will include how the most powerful AI models will be captured. The Government also recognizes that, beyond placing requirements on the development of the most powerful AI models, there are a broad range of issues associated with AI development and deployment which require regulatory oversight. Hence, the Government will continue to work with regulators to implement pro-innovation regulatory initiatives, including through the newly established Regulatory Innovation Office. On the AI Safety Institute, the Government explains that its intention is for legislation to put the AI Safety Institute on a statutory footing to strengthen its role leading voluntary collaboration with AI developers and leading international coordination of AI safety. The Government plans to publish a consultation shortly, setting out its legislative proposals to establish binding regulations on the companies developing the most powerful AI models. On January 13, the Government also announced that it will be taking forward the recommendations made in the independent report of Matt Clifford, the AI Opportunities Action Plan.

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