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AI Regulation and the Regulated Enterprise — Trajectory to 2030
The trajectory of AI regulation across the EU AI Act, the UK's pro-innovation and contextual approach, and the financial-services regulatory regime (FCA, PRA, Bank of England) from January 2023 to May 2026, including the FCA Mills Review, GPAI obligations, model-risk and accountability rules, and what they demand of technology leadership in regulated firms
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Between early 2023 and mid-2026, the regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence in financial services crystallised around a fundamental divergence. The European Union committed to a comprehensive, prescriptive, and horizontal legal framework with the AI Act, while the United Kingdom championed a pro-innovation…
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The regulatory landscape for Artificial Intelligence in Europe is rapidly evolving, with the EU AI Act establishing a comprehensive, risk-based framework. Key obligations for General-Purpose AI (GPAI) models, including transparency and copyright rules, became…
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# Blogs & Independent Thinkers — The trajectory of AI regulation across the EU AI Act, the UK's pro-innovation and contextual approach, and the financial-services regulatory regime (FCA, PRA, Bank of England) from January 2023 to May 2026, including the FCA…
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# Financial Press — The trajectory of AI regulation across the EU AI Act, the UK's pro-innovation and contextual approach, and the financial-services regulatory regime (FCA, PRA, Bank of England) from January 2023 to May 2026, including the FCA Mills Review…
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The period from early 2023 to mid-2026 saw rapid advancements and releases from frontier AI labs, alongside increasing efforts in external evaluation and safety. OpenAI continued to iterate on its GPT series, releasing GPT-4 in 2023 with enhanced capabilities…
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# Tech Industry & Practitioner — The trajectory of AI regulation across the EU AI Act, the UK's pro-innovation and contextual approach, and the financial-services regulatory regime (FCA, PRA, Bank of England) from January 2023 to May 2026, including the FCA…
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The trajectory of AI regulation in financial services from 2023 to 2026 reveals a growing divergence between the European Union's prescriptive approach and the United Kingdom's principles-based, contextual framework, alongside increasing industry adoption and…
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