A response to the call for evidence on 'Establishing a pro-innovation approach to regulating AI” on behalf of the Regulation and Functionality nodes of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Network (TAS)
Date
2023Author
Onitiu, Daria
Ganesh, Bhargavi
Schafer, Burkhard
Downer, John
Winter, Peter
Li, Phoebe
Ramamoorthy, Ram
Williams, Robin
Gilbert, Stephen
Anderson, Stuart
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Abstract
We welcome the Government’s proposal to develop a new, coherent regulatory strategy for AI. While it maintains a sectoral focus, the development of cross-sector and cross-application principles and
governance structures has the potential to create legal certainty, foster public acceptance, and
facilitate responsible development of generic AI tools that are currently left unregulated. Our
submission intends to discuss various aspects of the proposal, including: the design and enforcement
of the regulatory framework; the context-driven and cross-sectoral principles’ approach, and the
coordination between regulatory bodies for coherence and monitoring. Our submission will use
medical device regulation for AI as enabled medical devices (AIaMD) as a sector-specific example to
illustrate our recommendations. We have structured our response around the six questions in the
consultation.