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UK human rights committee urges AI Bill; OpenAI backs binding rules for frontier labs
Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights on Sept. 14 called for a dedicated AI Bill and a statutory oversight body, saying existing UK law leaves gaps in rights protection. Separately, OpenAI's Europe policy head said the company would support mandatory UK rules for frontier AI developers.
The cross-party committee of MPs and peers, chaired by Labour MP Alex Sobel, set out its findings in its report, Human Rights and the Regulation of AI. Its press release describes the current framework as fragmented and recommends a single independent regulator able to set codes of practice and sanction wrongdoing, prior approval for AI systems that pose a high risk to human rights, outright bans on uses such as subliminal techniques, due diligence duties across the AI supply chain and stronger UK GDPR safeguards around automated decisions. Computer Weekly reported that the 100-page report also proposes putting the AI Security Institute on a statutory footing.
Tom Duff Gordon, OpenAI's head of policy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told Politico the UK should act now, according to TNW. The outlet said OpenAI favours mandatory, capability-based requirements confined to national security and cybersecurity risks and to the few frontier labs, itself included, with compulsory independent testing, safety incident reporting and a central role for the AI Security Institute.
A government spokesperson said any future measures would be evidence-based, Computer Weekly reported.
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