UK privacy regulator eyes bigger AI role with statutory code, sandbox
By Patricia Figueiredo ( August 21, 2026, 11:26 GMT | Comment) -- The UK privacy regulator is preparing a statutory code on AI and automated decision-making, while scoping research on AI’s impact on children that MLex understands will inform the code. The Information Commissioner's Office also plans to overhaul its regulatory sandbox, although it isn't clear if the government intends to legislate to underpin it. Either way, without broad AI regulation on the horizon, the ICO’s strategy could contribute to bridging a sizeable AI governance gap.The UK's privacy regulator has no shortage of AI work planned over the next couple of months. Without any broad AI regulation on the horizon, the Information Commissioner's Office's strategy is set to fill a sizeable governance gap in the UK....
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