Artificial intelligence rules to require human liability

Artificial intelligence systems will have to identify a legal person to be held responsible for any problems under proposals for regulating AI unveiled by the government today. The proposed'pro innovation' regime will be operated by existing regulators rather than a dedicated central body along the lines of that being created by the EU, the government said. The proposals were published as the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, which sets out an independent data protection regime, is introduced to parliament. Regulators - such as Ofcom, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Information Commissioner's Office, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency - will be asked to interpret and implement the principles. They will be encouraged to consider lighter touch options which could include guidance and voluntary measures or creating sandboxes - such as a trial environment where businesses can check the safety and reliability of AI tech before introducing it to market.