More Than 100 UK Lawmakers Back Call for Regulations on Advanced AI

More Than 100 UK Lawmakers Back Call for Regulations on Advanced AI

Scores of lawmakers from across the political aisle in the UK have backed a campaign for Westminster to pass binding legislation on the development of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems. ControlAI, a nonprofit that works to reduce the risks of AI, said in a Dec. 11 blog post that this week the number of lawmakers who now back their campaign had surpassed 100, calling it “the world’s first such coalition to recognize the threat posed b…