UK rejects Lords' calls to regulate AI vendors in cyber security bill
Ministers argue voluntary safeguards and existing institutes are sufficient; peers warn against letting tech companies self-regulate.
What to know
- UK government rejected House of Lords proposals to regulate AI vendors under the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, arguing such regulation would not prevent hostile misuse.
- Ministers instead rely on voluntary codes of practice and the AI Security Institute to manage AI security risks.
- Peers countered that tech companies have repeatedly failed at self-regulation and cannot be trusted when they lack control over their own AI systems.
Baroness Lloyd of Effra UK Cybersecurity MinisterBaroness Kidron House of Lords peer, online safety campaignerLord Tarassenko House of Lords peer, AI researcher
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What people are saying 3 voices from 2 sites · verbatim
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«"Have we not learned from countless experiences before in online safety, privacy, and in AI itself that allowing tech companies to set and mark their own homework endangers the public and our national security?" asked Baroness Kidron, a Crossbench peer and campaigner for online safety and digital rights.» Clearly HM Government saw this just a…
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"If I might ask the noble Lady, the Minister, if I've understood what she said, the NHS must protect itself, but the AI that is attacking it has no requirement under the Bill, no duties, no obligations under the Bill to check itself before it's used in these ways." https://www. theregister.com/security/2026/…
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Snapshot of UK cyber bill targets AI users, not the vendors building it submitted by CarpetGripperRod: An archived version can be found here or here. or here If the above links don't work, try this one . Some publications may require you to register a free account to read their articles. Being connected to a VPN may interfere with archive links. I…