Recommendation 27

While we welcome the new Government’s desire to make progress on this issue, we caution strongly against adopting a flawed opt-out regime comparable to the version operating in the EU. Much better means for ensuring technical viability, transparency, consent and enforcement are needed for a new text and data mining regime to work to UK advantage. If the Government gets this right, it can provide speedy regulatory certainty and encourage a new AI-licensing startup scene to flourish too.