UK needs system for recording AI misuse and malfunctions, thinktank says

Among ‘safety incidents’ compiled by the OECD was Google’s Gemini portraying German second world war soldiers as people of colour. Photograph: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

The UK needs a system for recording misuse and malfunctions in artificial intelligence or ministers risk being unaware of alarming incidents involving the technology, according to a report.

The next government should create a system for logging incidents involving AI in public services and should consider building a central hub for collating AI-related episodes across the UK, said the Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR), a thinktank.