Committee calls for bill to address AI threat to human rights
It argues that the current legal framework which applies to AI is "fragmented and difficult to navigate", "leaving gaps in protection"."The AI Bill should establish a regulatory regime that classifies different risk levels and mandate more demanding obligations for higher risk AI systems and models," it says. What is clear is that at present we are unprepared to deal with its consequences however potentially dire they may be."The JCHR's 12 members are drawn from both Houses of Parliament and they currently include MPs and peers from the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties. BBC News is seeking comment from the government on the call for the AI bill.Monday's report comes amid growing general anxiety over the challenges AI poses.
- ▪It argues that the current legal framework which applies to AI is "fragmented and difficult to navigate", "leaving gaps in protection"."The AI Bill should establish a regulatory regime that classifies different risk levels and mandate more
- ▪What is clear is that at present we are unprepared to deal with its consequences however potentially dire they may be."The JCHR's 12 members are drawn from both Houses of Parliament and they currently include MPs and peers from the Labour,
- ▪BBC News is seeking comment from the government on the call for the AI bill.Monday's report comes amid growing general anxiety over the challenges AI poses.
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Committee calls for bill to address AI threat to human rightsImage source, monkeybusinessimages via GettyByPatrick JacksonPublished2 minutes agoA cross-party group of MPs and peers has identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) which existing laws, they argue, are ill-equipped to cover.The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) published a report calling for a new bill on AI to "address the scale and seriousness" of such threats."Nowhere in the world, including the UK, has a current legislative and regulatory approach to AI that is fit for purpose," said Alex Sobel MP, the committee's chair.On Saturday, the head of the US AI company Anthropic, Dario Amodei, proposed a plan that includes global regulation, industry-wide regulation and independent monitoring of AI…
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