Tag: United Kingdom

UK open to AI regulation if voluntary safeguards fall short

Posted on   |  by Paul Sandle
Britain would consider regulating advanced AI models if its current voluntary system for testing them before deployment no longer proved sufficient to protect the public, according to AI minister...

Landmark UK review flags AI risk to consumer finance

Posted on   |  by Phoebe Seers
Britain’s financial regulator has been urged to consider regulation of large language models such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini because of their growing influence on consumer financial decisions. In...

TechOne tips UK to match top Aussie market in two years

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye, Jasmeen Ara Islam Shaikh and Kumar Tanishk
Australian software company TechnologyOne on Tuesday said it expects to continue benefitting from cost cuts at a time when a surge of populist lawmakers is set to come to...

UK regulator probes Adobe over cancellation fee concerns

Posted on   |  by Muvija M
Britain’s competition regulator has launched an investigation into Photoshop maker Adobe to examine whether its early cancellation fees were unfair and misleading, the watchdog said on Thursday (Friday AEDT)....

UK pledges another $1.88bn to quantum computing

Posted on   |  by William Schomberg
The UK government will spend up to £1 billion pounds (A$1.88 billion) on powerful quantum computers to help develop the quantum sector and boost the wider economy. The new...

UK urged to follow Australia’s lead on AI data mining

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The UK government should follow Australia’s lead and reject a text and data mining (TDM) exception for AI companies, a UK parliamentary report has recommended, finding little evidence the exceptions...

UK eyes rapid ban on social media for under-16s

Posted on   |  by David Milliken and Sam Tabahriti
Britain could bring in an Australian-style ban on social media for children under 16 as early as this year and close a loophole that left some AI chatbots outside...