The UK’s top Information Commissioner has confirmed safeguarding consumer rights in the era of artificial intelligence (AI) is a top priority, but rejected the idea of creating separate regulations specifically for AI. John Edwards, the UK’s sixth Information Commissioner, said the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is “working at pace to apply further clarity on how the law applies to these emergent AI models.” He acknowledged that policymakers had failed to respond quickly enough in adapting to the impact of social media on data protection – an area the UK is now catching up on with the Online Safety Act 2023.

Source: Infosecurity