By Patricia Figueiredo ( September 29, 2026, 12:10 GMT | Comment) -- Amid a flurry of calls for AI-specific regulation in the UK, the government is signaling openness to discussing global standards or even new domestic laws. Some industry figures see no need for new frameworks, however, pointing to the UK's existing sectoral regulation model. Researchers want immediate risks tackled first, warning that too much focus on existential, but hypothetical, threats could delay urgent action. But is this a binary choice, and what are the UK's realistic options?Weeks of global attention to the risks of AI posing an existential threat to humanity have pushed regulation of the technology higher up the UK political agenda. But researchers and industry figures are questioning whether that high-level focus is delaying action on harms that can already be observed, tested and regulated....
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