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Regulations

Announced March 2023

Guidance

UK

The National AI Strategy is a set of non-statutory cross-sectoral principles. The government describe this as a 'pro-innovation' approach to regulating AI so they can actively monitor, evaluate and update its approach to ensure it stays agile enough to respond to the changes in AI and its impacts on society. 

Adopted May 2019

Principles

OECD

The OECD drafted Principles on Artificial Intelligence. The OECD's 36 member countries and partner countries (including Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Peru and Romania) adopted them in May 2019.

Published 30 October 2023

Principles

G7

The leaders of the G7 countries issued International Guiding Principles on AI and a voluntary Code of Conduct for AI developers under the Hiroshima AI process. They have outlined 11 guiding principles which provide developers, deployers and users of AI a blueprint to promote safety and trustworthiness in their technology.

Published April 2024

Guidance

UK

The paper provides a strategic update on the CMA’s thinking and range of work currently underway on AI (including ongoing work on foundation models). It also outlines forthcoming changes to the CMA’s powers in the shape of the new digital markets regime, and explains how the CMA is working with other agencies on AI issues.