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UK tech ministry starts building team that could become 'shadow' AI regulator

By Frank Hersey ( April 17, 2025, 16:28 GMT | Insight) -- The UK’s technology ministry is beginning to hire a team that will prepare for artificial intelligence regulation. There is still no draft legislation or timeline for it, or the promised consultation, but the job description sheds light on how the government might interact with regulators on AI, and says the team could itself become a “shadow regulator.”The UK’s tech ministry is starting to build a team to oversee future artificial intelligence regulation for companies developing frontier AI. There is no clear legislative timeline, but the job ad says that the team may be spun out into a “shadow regulator,” which is the strongest indication in some time that dedicated AI regulation could be on its way....

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