The recent UK government is underplaying AI restriction in its agenda for the upcoming year

The European Union, undoubtedly, has already enacted its AI Act whereas the United States is still navigating through a blend of suggested regulations strengthened by executive orders laid out by the Biden administration articulating foundational principles.

Is it perhaps too premature?

A statement from open-source industry champion OpenUK before the King’s Speech succinctly encapsulates the challenge.

“The UK can glean valuable insights from the EU’s AI Act, which might eventually unfold as an excessively restrictive and intricate narrative of regulatory infringement wherein only the largest corporations can conform, thereby suppressing innovation in the EU,” remarked the CEO of the organization, Amanda Brock.

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