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OpenAI and Anthropic Ask UK MPs to Regulate Them

At a UK parliamentary hearing on 13 October, two leading AI labs backed legal rules, including mandatory incident reporting. Two others were more cautious.

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The UK parliamentary hearing where AI companies gave evidence
Image: WIRED

[ The short version ]

  1. 01At a UK parliamentary hearing on 13 October, Anthropic and OpenAI supported statutory AI requirements, including mandatory incident reporting.
  2. 02Google DeepMind and Meta were more cautious, favouring existing regulation and technical standards.
  3. 03The hearing took place on 13 October. What the rules would actually require is the detail to watch.

Representatives of the big AI labs gave evidence to British lawmakers on 13 October. Anthropic's Liam Booth-Smith and OpenAI's Tom Duff Gordon both supported statutory requirements, including mandatory reporting when something goes wrong, according to WIRED.

Where the companies split

Backed binding rules

  • Anthropic
  • OpenAI
  • Statutory requirements, including mandatory incident reporting

More cautious

  • Google DeepMind
  • Meta
  • Prefer existing regulation and technical standards

Companies asking to be regulated is not new, and it can serve their interests: clear rules can raise the cost of entry for smaller rivals. The detail to watch is what the rules would require and who would enforce them.

Sources and notes
  • #AIpolicy
  • #OpenAI
  • #Anthropic
  • #UK

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Victor Oluwaleye founded TheStak to explain what tech, AI and marketing actually change for the people running businesses, in Africa and beyond. A computer scientist by training and a marketer by trade, Victor has spent more than a decade leading marketing teams and building digital systems inside organisations, and runs Induuce Consultants, a growth and digital transformation agency in Lagos. More about Victor

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