Labour would force AI firms to share their technology’s test data

Labour said legislators and regulators had been ‘behind the curve’ on social media and that it would ensure the same mistake was not made with AI. Photograph: Tippapatt/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Labour plans to force artificial intelligence firms to share the results of road tests of their technology after warning that regulators and politicians had failed to rein in social media platforms.

The party would replace a voluntary testing agreement between tech companies and the government with a statutory regime, under which AI businesses would be compelled to share test data with officials.