The Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill will be introduced as a Private Members Bill in the House of Lords this afternoon by Lord Holmes of Richmond. He argues that time is running out to regulate AI for the best outcomes.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news-analysis/2025/ai-regulation-bill-introduced-in-house-of-lords
Opinion piece by my colleague Penny Horwood.
'Last week we had news that the government has kicked the can of AI safety and ethics down the road again.
'I don’t know about you, but I’m old enough to remember last years’ general election, when technology formed a critical plank of Labour’s programme for change.'
https://www.computing.co.uk/opinion/2025/it-essentials-kicking-the-can
The UK government has delayed until summer publication of its AI Bill, a new law intended to regulate AI, following on from the EU AI Act which came into force last year.
In July, 17 organisations signed an open letter to the UK Home Secretary calling for an end to ‘predictive’ policing systems as part of the #SafetyNotSurveillance coalition.
With an AI Bill expected in 2025, we're ready to fight pre-crime systems that exacerbate racism and undermine our right to be presumed innocent.
The #SafetyNotSurveillance coalition – a group of organisations working at the intersections of human rights, racial justice and technology – have written to the Home Secretary calling for safeguards against the harms of AI systems in policing, including an outright ban on predictive policing and biometric surveillance systems.
UK's AI bill will focus on foundation models
Tech secretary Peter Kyle has told tech firms upcoming AI legislation will not become a sprawling “Christmas tree bill."
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4343125/uks-ai-focus-foundation-models