{"id":72097,"date":"2024-07-19T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guid_108006922"},"modified":"2024-07-19T06:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T06:00:23","slug":"britains-labour-faces-an-uphill-battle-as-it-looks-to-rein-in-ais-key-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/britains-labour-faces-an-uphill-battle-as-it-looks-to-rein-in-ais-key-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s Labour faces an uphill battle as it looks to rein in AI’s key players"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON \u2014 Britain is set to introduce its first-ever law for artificial intelligence \u2014 but Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new Labour government faces a delicate balancing act of forming rules that are strict enough while also allowing for innovation.<\/p>\n

In a speech<\/span> delivered by King Charles III on behalf of Starmer’s administration, the government said Wednesday that it would “seek to establish the appropriate legislation to place requirements on those working to develop the most powerful artificial intelligence models.” <\/p>\n

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But the speech refrained from mentioning an actual AI bill, which many tech industry executives and commentators had been expecting. <\/p>\n

In the European Union, authorities have introduced a sweeping law known as the AI Act<\/span> which subjects companies developing and using artificial intelligence to much tighter restrictions. <\/p>\n

Many tech firms \u2014 both big and small \u2014 are hopeful that the U.K. doesn’t go the same way in applying rules that they deem to be too heavy-handed. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s expected that Labour will still introduce formal rules for AI as the party laid out in its election manifesto.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Starmer’s government pledged to introduce “binding regulation on the handful of companies developing the most powerful AI models,” and legislation that bans sexually explicit deepfakes.<\/p>\n

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By taking aim at the most powerful AI models, Labour would impose tighter restrictions on companies such as OpenAI, Microsoft<\/span>