The UK Government Publishes its AI Strategy

On 22 September 2021, the UK Government published its 10-year strategy on artificial intelligence ("AI"; the "UK AI Strategy"). The UK AI Strategy has three main pillars: (1) investing and planning for the long-term requirements of the UK's AI ecosystem; (2) supporting the transition to an AI-enabled economy across all sectors and regions of the UK; and (3) ensuring that the UK gets the national and international governance of AI technologies "right". The approach to AI regulation as set out in the UK AI Strategy is largely pro-innovation, in line with the UK Government's Plan for Digital Regulation published in July 2021. This pillar focuses on the need to invest in the skills and resources that lead to AI innovation with the aim of increasing the type, frequency and scale of AI discoveries in the UK. The Pillar has twelve action points, with an emphasis on the importance of access to and availability of data.