Mar 25, 2024
For those following the regulation of
artificial intelligence, there is no doubt passage of the AI Act in
the EU is likely top of mind. But proposed policies, laws and
regulatory developments are taking shape in many corners of the
world, including in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India,
Singapore and the U.S.
Not to be left behind, the U.K. held a highly touted AI Safety
Summit late last year, producing the Bletchley Declaration, and the
government has been quite active in what the IAPP Research and
Insights team describes as a “context-based, proportionate approach
to regulation.”
In the upper chamber of the U.K. Parliament, Lord Holmes, a member
of the influential House of Lords Select Committee on Science and
Technology, introduced a private members’ bill late in 2023 that
proposes the regulation of AI. The bill also just received a second
reading in the House of Lords 22 March.
Lord Holmes spoke of AI’s power at a recent IAPP conference in
London. While there, I had the opportunity to catch up with him to
learn more about his Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill and
what he sees as the right approach to guiding the powers of this
burgeoning technology.