The Government favoured global agreement on artificial intelligence (AI) rather than new domestic laws because it could not wait a whole year for legislation to pass, Michelle Donelan has claimed.
The Science Secretary faced questions about the lack of AI legislation in the King’s Speech, a week after the AI safety summit ended with an agreement that both governments and tech companies should have a role in ensuring safety testing of powerful “frontier” AI models is carried out, rather than firms having sole responsibility.
