CSPL · Artificial Intelligence and Public Standards: report
R20-4
Partially accepted
February 2020
Recommendation
Given the speed of development and implementation of AI, we recommend that there is a regulatory assurance body, which identifies gaps in the regulatory landscape and provides advice to individual regulators and government on the issues associated with AI. We do not recommend the creation of a specific AI regulator, and recommend that all existing regulators should consider and respond to the regulatory requirements and impact of the growing use of AI in the fields for which they have responsibility. The Committee endorses the government’s intention for CDEI to perform a regulatory assurance role. The government should act swiftly to clarify the overall purpose of CDEI before setting it on an independent statutory footing.
Government response
The future functions of the CDEI were consulted on in late 2020 as part of the National Data Strategy. The responses are being analysed and advice will go to ministers on the future functions and governance of the CDEI in April 2021.