King's Speech promises regulation of 'the most powerful AI technologies'

But no specific AI bill

John Leonard
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King's Speech promises regulation of 'the most powerful AI technologies'
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King's Speech promises regulation of 'the most powerful AI technologies'

The King's Speech on Wednesday mentioned measures to enhance the legal safeguards around the most powerful AI technologies, but stopped short of announcing an AI bill.

Labour's manifesto outlined plans to "ensure the safe development and use of AI models by introducing binding regulation on the handful of companies developing the most powerful AI models and by ba...

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