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The UK left the EU on January 31, 2020, and this began the complex process of de-coupling the UK regulatory regime from that of the EU. This has not been straightforward, particularly where goods move into and out of Northern Ireland (NI), where the EU rules continue to apply, from Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland (GB)), where they do not.
In this video, Hugh Lawson-Tancred discusses the challenges posed by the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). He concludes that, while the risks and dangers of AI are often exaggerated, international cooperation, particularly regional cooperation will be necessary to ensure that the maximum benefits of AI are obtained and equitably distributed.
Number 10 appeared to forget that the UK had left the EU in a tweet gaffe in which it suggested Britain was still a member of the bloc.
Brexit is putting London’s ‘global tech hub’ status at risk, $1bn venture capital fund partner warns
28/06/2023
He said Brexit has made attracting talent “substantially more difficult”. / A partner in a brand new $1bn venture capital fund has warned that London risks losing its status as a global tech hub as Brexit has made attracting talent “substantially more difficult”.
The UK is undoubtedly an AI powerhouse - but it's the EU that's leading global AI policy without Brexit Britain
14/06/2023
This week has seen the UK talking up its influence in Artificial Intelligence. But it is adrift from important research on bias and other problems, while the EU’s AI Act is full steam ahead.
Sunak on technology: Brexit wrecks it
13/06/2023
Sunak boasts of the UK as a leader in technology. He does not remind us that Brexit eroded our position.
Are we getting Brexit done?
05/01/2023
The UK has identified nearly 4,000 EU laws and regulations which we are now “free from”. What have we done with these newfound freedoms?
Britain is falling behind, thanks to Brexit
30/03/2023
Britain led the first industrial revolution, but Europe will lead the next.
Even AI thinks Brexit was a ‘bad idea’
27/03/2023
Google is dragged into a debate over political bias after its new chatbot says Britain should have stayed in the EU.
“I think Brexit was a bad idea... I believe the UK would have been better off remaining in the EU."
The European Union is likely to introduce among the first, most stringent, and most comprehensive AI regulatory regimes of the world’s major jurisdictions. In this report, we ask whether the EU’s upcoming regulation for AI will diffuse globally, producing a so-called “Brussels Effect”.
The government has set out a plan to overhaul EU laws copied over after Brexit - a move it says will cut unnecessary "red tape" for businesses.
The government is proposing to remove EU-era regulatory protections that enable people to challenge the decisions algorithms make about them.
Faculty, linked to senior Tories, hired to collect tweets as part of coronavirus-related contract.
Tory minister is resisting calls to sell stake in Faculty as it expands its Whitehall reach