News Entrepreneur and Investor Ian Hogarth to Lead UK’s Taskforce Examining AI Risks and Global Guardrails Some AI companies have promised to give the Taskforce early access to their models for research and safety purposes to help build better evaluations Aarathi GanesanJune 20, 2023
News UK to Host “First Major Global Summit on AI Safety” this Autumn, Has “Global Duty” to Ensure Safe AI The summit will provide a forum for countries to discuss the risks of AI systems and risk-mitigation strategies at an international level. Aarathi GanesanJune 9, 2023
News UK’s National Health Service Leaks Sensitive Patient Data to Facebook The data includes pages viewed, buttons clicked, and keywords searched, all of which-when linked to a patient’s IP address can reveal their medical details. Kamya PandeyJune 1, 2023
News Google offers alternative billing choice to UK app developers in bid to settle antitrust probe The proposal allows developers to either add a third-party billing system alongside Google's or to do away with Google's billing system altogether Sarvesh MathiApril 20, 2023
News WhatsApp will rather be blocked in UK than weaken encryption: CEO Will Cathcart Weakening encryption to act against 'illegal content' can lead to pressure from other countries which define it very differently, says CEO Sarvesh MathiMarch 10, 2023
News Platforms No Longer Have to Remove “Harmful” Legal Content Under the UK’s Online Safety Bill In a shift, platforms are now banned from restricting users or the content they create if it doesn't violate their terms of service or... Aarathi GanesanNovember 29, 2022
News UK’s Ofcom to probe cloud services, personal communication apps, and smart devices UK's telecom regulator Ofcom announced it is launching market studies into cloud services, personal communication apps, and smart devices Sarvesh MathiSeptember 23, 2022
News The UK’s Tryst With Post-Brexit Tech Policy: The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill Will the United Kingdom's Data Protection and Digital Information Bill streamline data protection regulations as intended? Aarathi GanesanSeptember 8, 2022
News UK-Based Dissident Can Sue Saudi Arabia for Alleged Transnational Pegasus Attack, Rules UK High Court A dissident in the UK wins a case that enables suing the Saudi Arabian government for surveillance using the Pegasys spyware, and attacks Aarathi GanesanAugust 24, 2022
News UK investigation: Should government officials use private communication apps like WhatsApp, Gmail? Summary of UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) report investigating government officials' use of private correspondence channels Sarvesh MathiJuly 18, 2022