Post-Brexit Britain is seeking a place in the global conversation around regulating AI
visit to Washington D.C., as he announced that the U.K. would host the first global summit on AI regulation later this year, he bristled in response to a reporter’s question about whether the “midsize country” could naturally lead the debate, given that the E.U. is“That midsize country happens to be a global leader in AI,” he said. “You would be hard-pressed to find many other countries other than the U.S. in the Western world with more expertise and talent in AI.
The Prime Minister’s response revealed the dilemma he now faces in positioning the U.K. as a key player in reining in AI’s potential negative consequences without stifling innovation, amid growing fears around generative artificial intelligence.Following the U.K.’s departure from the European Union, experts say Sunak is attempting to carve out a pivotal role to help keep the country globally relevant by playing the role of an “honest broker” between the different regulatory approaches of the E.
“Fundamentally, the government is trying to articulate a middle way forward between the very robust regulatory approach to the E.U. is converging upon and the more light-touch approach in Washington,” says Mujatba Rahman, the managing director of the Eurasia Group.industry leaders that he wants to “make the U.K. not just the intellectual home, but the geographical home of global AI safety regulation.
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