The EU and UK explore different AI regulatory models, while keeping one eye on innovation

31 March 2023 00:00

Duration: 19:44

Whether it’s the enormous — even subversive — potential of the GPTChat program, or the “Balenciaga Pope” Internet meme, artificial intelligence remains in the news. But in Europe, as in the United States, regulators are playing catch-up — albeit to differing degrees. In the European Union, AI regulation is advancing swiftly, even as it gets caught up in the bloc’s complex legislative processes; In the United Kingdom, a policy proposal is still firmly on the drawing board. The two jurisdictions’ approaches are comparable, yet different in key areas. The UK is opting for light-touch policy; the EU appears set to lock in more specific regulation. But both models are facing a challenge: how to harness the innovative potential of AI.

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James Panichi

James, an Australian journalist with over 25 years’ experience in print and electronic media, helps to oversee MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Asia, with special attention to Australia and New Zealand. In 2016, James was appointed as MLex’s managing editor for continental Europe, overseeing the Brussels bureau’s coverage of EU regulatory affairs and managing a team of 16 journalists in Brussels and Geneva. Previously James worked for the European Voice newspaper, before joining the... Read more

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Sam Clark

Sam covers privacy and digital policy for MLex in Brussels. Until October 2023, he was based in London. He previously covered data protection for trade publication Global Data Review, as well as reporting on technology, media and telecoms businesses for S&P Global.Follow Sam on Twitter.

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