UK AI Guidance For Regulators – February 2024

The U.K. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) last week published its new paper "Implementing the UK's AI Regulatory Principles: Initial Guidance for Regulators."

The U.K.'s approach to AI regulation relies on existing regulators to identify and implement whatever changes and guidance they think are required, within their own regulatory remit. The new DSIT guidance for regulators is voluntary. It sets out suggestions for how regulators could consider each of the five regulatory principles for AI: (1) safety, security and robustness; (2) appropriate transparency and explainability; (3) fairness; (4) accountability and governance; and (5) contestability and redress.