UK Articulates "Pro-Innovation" Approach To AI

On February 6, 2024, the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ("DSIT") published the UK Government response (the "Response") to its consultation A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation launched in March 2023.

The Response reflects ongoing UK policy as one of the least regulatory major economies for AI, much less so than the EU (with its expected AI Act) and arguably less so even than the US (with the various actions under the Executive Order on AI). Such policy differentiation from the EU is part of what advocates of Brexit wanted, and it is generating some controversy in the case of AI. This client alert considers key aspects of the Response.

Context-Based Approach to AI Regulation