The Guardian view on AI regulation: the threat is too grave for Sunak’s light-touch approach | Editorial

The PM’s fear of stifling innovation makes him too hesitant to deal with problems that Washington and Brussels are already addressing

The challenge of regulating artificial intelligence is sometimes compared to the management of nuclear energy: there are valuable civil applications alongside terrifying military ones, and a credible risk of existential calamity if it all goes wrong. But nuclear weapons are expensive and hard to acquire. By contrast, AI can distribute awesome power at relatively low cost. This adds unprecedented …

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