MPs warn government: Regulate AI or lose out on 'superpower' vision

Action needed by November to avoid missing out on AI leadership

Tom Allen
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MPs warn government: Regulate AI or lose out on 'superpower' vision

Rishi Sunak's aim to become a science and technology superpower is at risk if the government doesn't introduce a new law to govern AI this year, MPs have warned.

Ministers on the Commons Technology Committee have told the government that it must introduce a new law to regulate artificial intelligence, or risk falling behind regions like the European Union. ...

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