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Labour pledges to strictly regulate AI technology
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomes US Vice-President Kamala Harris, during the AI safety summit, the first global summit on the safe use of artificial intelligence, at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, November 2, 2023
LABOUR will take strict steps to regulate big technology firms developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence functions, it said today.
Shadow science secretary Peter Kyle set out requirements that Labour would impose on companies pioneering “frontier AI.”
They would include reporting the intent to train models beyond certain capabilities, safety testing under independent oversight and tough information security protections.
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