AI Control Moves Upstream
Reuters reported that Americans for Responsible Innovation urged the US administration to require safety reviews for frontier AI models before public release.
Rights Before Automation
Associated Press reported that Greece is preparing constitutional reforms requiring artificial intelligence to serve human society and protect individual freedoms.
AI Control Moves Into Evidence
Associated Press reported that China’s rapid public and commercial adoption of AI is shaping how the technology may be used globally.
Frontier Models Face Gatekeeping
Axios reported that the US government is expanding frontier AI testing with Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI. The coverage describes a move toward pre-deployment checks for security-sensitive AI capabilities before public release.
Reuters reported that major publishers filed a proposed class action against Meta over alleged use of books and scientific works to train Llama. The claim adds another large rights-holder dispute to the unresolved fair-use fight over AI training data.
Assurance hardens, healthcare sandboxes scale, and exams draw clearer AI lines
The Digital Assurance Playbook took effect from 1 April and requires government assurance teams to test AI initiatives against the UK government’s AI Playbook and the Algorithmic Transparency Reporting Standard.
The MHRA expanded its AI Airlock programme with three years of funding to scale sandbox testing for AI as a medical device.
The FCA announced the second cohort for AI Live Testing, extending supervised live experimentation in financial services and committing to further good and poor practice output later this year.
The PRA Business Plan 2026/27 made responsible AI adoption and monitoring of firms’ AI use an explicit supervisory priority for the year ahead.
Ofqual published Artificial intelligence malpractice and assessment - advice note, clarifying how existing qualification rules apply to AI-related misuse.