UK ministers delay AI regulation amid plans for more ‘comprehensive’ bill | Artificial intelligence (AI)

Proposals to regulate artificial intelligence have been delayed by at least a year as UK ministers plan a bumper bill to regulate the technology and its use of copyrighted material.

Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, intends to introduce a “comprehensive” AI bill in the next parliamentary session to address concerns about issues including safety and copyright.

This will not be ready before the next king’s speech, and is likely to trigger concerns about delays to regulating the technology. The date for the next king’s speech has not been set but several sources said it could take place in May 2026.

Labour had originally planned to introduce a short, narrowly drafted AI bill within months of entering office that would have been focused on large language models, such as ChatGPT.