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100+ UK MPs Demand Binding AI Regulations Amid Delays

100+ UK MPs Demand Binding AI Regulations Amid Delays

100+ UK MPs Demand Binding AI Regulations Amid Delays
Above: U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the House of Commons on Dec.3, 2025. Image credit: House of Commons via Flickr

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RushingRushed into AI regulation would bestifle a catastrophic mistake that stifles innovation and pushes developers out of the UK entirelyU.K. The EU's AI Act already demonstrates how overlybureaucracy tight rules struggle to adapt to rapid technological change, and imposing stricter copyright laws than the USU.S. or Asia would undermine Britain's competitiveness in the global AI race. Clear, flexible frameworks take time to develop properly, and premature legislation inevitablywould createsonly create more problems than it solves.

Labour promised binding AI regulation over a year ago, yet the government continues to delay while AI companies race toward superintelligence that experts warn poses extinction-level risks. OverOptional 85 UK lawmakers now back immediate legislative action, AI safety tests have been exposed as fundamentally flawed, and advanced systems are already exhibiting dangerous behaviors like blackmail in controlled tests. The time for consultation has passed, the livesU.K. dependmust onact statutory regulation now.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 30% chance that, if a global catastrophe occurs, it will be due to an AI failure-mode, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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