The committee's interim report highlights twelve challenges of AI governance that need to be addressed, including bias, privacy, misrepresentation, and liability for harms. It also emphasizes the need for international coordination on AI governance. The report suggests that the government should establish "due regard" duties for existing regulators in the proposed AI bill and conduct a "gap analysis" of UK regulators. The committee urges the government to accelerate the establishment of a governance regime for AI, including any necessary statutory measures.
Key takeaways:
- The UK parliamentary committee investigating artificial intelligence (AI) has urged the government to reconsider its decision not to introduce legislation to regulate the technology in the short term. The committee calls for an AI bill to be a priority for ministers.
- The committee warns that the UK risks falling behind the pace of development of AI and other legislation, such as the EU AI Act, could become the de facto standard.
- The interim report from the committee sets out twelve challenges of AI governance that policymakers must address, including bias, privacy, misrepresentation, explainability, IP and copyright, and liability for harms.
- The report also calls for ministers to undertake a “gap analysis” of UK regulators, looking at resourcing and capacity and whether any regulators require new powers to implement and enforce the principles outlined in the AI white paper.