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Regulators’ strategic approaches to AI

Published 1 May 2024

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In the 2023 AI Regulation White Paper government set out its vision for a proportionate, pro-innovation approach to AI regulation that would allow the UK to harness the huge opportunities of AI while safeguarding against the risks that AI technologies can pose. This principles-based framework is now being delivered through the UK’s existing regulators, taking advantage of their deep expertise to support AI innovation and adoption across the economy. 

In February 2024, ministers wrote to key sectoral and cross-economy regulators, requesting an update on how they are taking forward the White Paper proposals and the steps they are taking to develop their strategic approaches to AI. We are grateful to regulators for their prompt response in providing updates, which are set out below. 

The updates provide important information about the way the UK’s regulators are approaching the risks and opportunities of AI within their spheres of responsibility, the measures they are taking to upgrade their capabilities, and their future plans. Transparency on these points will be critical for maintaining the confidence in the UK’s regulatory approach and the government has encouraged other regulators to consider publishing similar updates.

Government will continue to work with regulators to put our pro-innovation approach to regulating AI into practice. In our consultation response, we set out a range of measures to support regulators including:

  • £10 million of funding to jumpstart regulators’ AI capabilities
  • new guidance to regulators on how to begin implementing the cross-sectoral AI principles
  • proposals for a steering committee to oversee the development of the regulatory framework
  • funding for a new cross-regulatory pilot advisory hub to support AI innovators, the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum’s (DRCF) AI and Digital Hub

The regulator updates will inform our adaptative approach to AI and we will review them as part of our wider work to ensure that our regulatory framework is effective, proportionate, and pro-innovation.

Regulator updates

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