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UK government to adopt ‘light touch’ regulations around AI as concrete legislation currently tricky | Science & Tech News
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The government has published plans for how it wants to regulate AI technology which it says will “turbocharge” the growth of AI in the UK, while countering potential risks of rapidly emerging computer intelligence to society. The regulations will apply to all applications of AI including powerful “language models” like the headline-grabbing Chat-GPT and image-generating…
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Online Safety Bill: Parents assured legislation won’t just target illegal content after amendment criticism | Science & Tech News
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Parents have been assured that the Online Safety Bill will not just hold social media companies responsible for illegal content on their platforms, but any material which can “cause serious trauma” to children. In an open letter, Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan sought to assuage fears that the long-delayed legislation had been watered down after finally…
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Online Safety Bill: Record amount of online child abuse blocked as legislation remains in limbo | Science & Tech News
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An unprecedented quantity of online child sexual abuse content is being blocked by tech companies while legislation aimed at tackling such material remains undelivered, the government has been warned. There are currently 24,649 web addresses containing such images of youngsters, sometimes even babies, on the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)’s list of blocked pages – a…
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Online Safety Bill campaigners join forces to urge next prime minister to prioritise new legislation | UK News
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A group of campaigners, survivors and families affected by abuse on social media have written to the Tory leadership candidates to urge the next prime minister to prioritise the Online Safety Bill. Danielle Armitage is one of those who have signed the open letter addressed to the candidates. She was only 14-years-old when she was…