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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Harry Davies

UK spy agencies want to relax ‘burdensome’ laws on AI data use

The MI6 headquarters in London
The MI6 headquarters in London. UK intelligence agencies are already using bulk data to train AI. Photograph: Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

The UK intelligence agencies are lobbying the government to weaken surveillance laws they argue place a “burdensome” limit on their ability to train artificial intelligence models with large amounts of personal data.

The proposals would make it easier for GCHQ, MI6 and MI5 to use certain types of data, by relaxing safeguards designed to protect people’s privacy and prevent the misuse of sensitive information.

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