The AI Regulation: A Pro-Innovation Approach sets out the UK government’s framework for regulating artificial intelligence through existing sectoral regulators rather than a single overarching law. It introduces five cross-sector principles—safety, transparency, fairness, accountability, and contestability—to be implemented proportionately within existing regulatory mandates. The framework embodies the UK’s flexible, context-based philosophy, aiming to encourage innovation while managing risk and distinguishing itself from the EU’s prescriptive AI Act model.
Associated Documents:
- White Paper – AI Regulation: A Pro-Innovation Approach (DSIT, March 2023): outlines the UK’s decentralised, principle-based regulatory model.
- Impact Assessment – AI Regulation: A Pro-Innovation Approach: evaluates expected regulatory costs, benefits, and coherence across UK regulators.