Inline Insights

As artificial intelligence continues to evolve at pace, the UK faces a difficult balancing act: how to support AI innovation while protecting the rights of creators. This tension boiled over in the debate over copyright and AI training as part of the Data (Use and Access) Bill passage. 

With policymakers, tech firms and the creative industries still far apart — and the government yet to clarify its position — finding a workable solution is expected to be one of the UK’s most challenging digital policy issues over the next few months.

So what’s getting in the way?

This post looks at the key barriers to — and potential solutions for — a fair and enforceable copyright framework for AI.

Crypto-asset ownership in the UK is growing, comprising as much as 12% of the population according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The UK government, judging from recent financial-services announcements, certainly hopes crypto can supports its Plan for Growth. And yet industry remains concerned the UK is falling behind the US, Brazil, South Korea and others in taking advantage of these new technologies. This blog considers influences and likely scenarios for the crypto sector.

We are now a year into a Labour government in the UK, with digitalisation and technology playing a central role and forming a key part of the Plan for Growth. The government has placed tech at the heart of building a digital-based economy across its 5 core missions: safer streets, clean energy, economic growth, breaking down barriers and making the NHS fit for the future.

The government continues to prioritise tech policy in the UK with London Tech Week, the Spending Review and AI Summit London all highlighting the important role government expects tech to play in driving economic growth. Here are some reflections on what it may mean: