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A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation

Record GB-01 · CP 815

Issued by
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and Office for Artificial Intelligence
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Level · region
National · Europe
Published / adopted
2023-03-29
Last updated
2023-08-03
Language
English
Official identifier
CP 815

Summary

White paper setting out the UK's context-based approach to AI regulation. Existing regulators are to apply five cross-sectoral principles (safety, security and robustness; appropriate transparency and explainability; fairness; accountability and governance; contestability and redress), issued at first on a non-statutory basis, with a statutory duty on regulators to have due regard to them anticipated later if needed. New central functions, including risk monitoring and horizon scanning, support regulators, and the paper considers how foundation models fit the framework.

Safety topics

accountability & liabilitytransparency & labellinggeneral-purpose / frontier AI

Status notes

Presented to Parliament as Command Paper CP 815 and published with an impact assessment and a consultation, which closed on 21 June 2023. A correction slip of 4 July 2023 corrected minor errors in Annex C, and the GOV.UK page was last updated on 3 August 2023. GOV.UK shows it as published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government.

Sources

Open the official source https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-regulation-a-pro-innovation-approach

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-17 20:42:00 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/GB-01/2026-10-11/official.html
Retrieved 2026-10-11 14:03:06 UTC
SHA-256 e24e72159eb35e5a74cf0d6d1a83d1ce82216767c1e5814c9627b19c5ead943c
Linked document (PDF) (third-party copy, not published) archive/GB-01/2026-10-11/document-1.pdf
Retrieved 2026-10-11 14:03:06 UTC
SHA-256 79d0b329134c14d0977e9819154ba1e55108b9a7d1c8890d93e6406f2ce0d9c7
Linked document (PDF) (third-party copy, not published) archive/GB-01/2026-10-11/document-2.pdf
Retrieved 2026-10-11 14:03:09 UTC
SHA-256 3f52ad462856c673bc3bfc19cbb30c304602453c066a37f71898b56617d751dc

Verification

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The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-17 · official-url-fetched
Stored and read in this run: the GOV.UK publication page (last checked 17 Oct 2026, unchanged since 11 Oct) and the web-ready and print-ready PDFs of the white paper. They confirm the title, CP 815, publication on 29 March 2023, the last update of 3 August 2023 (Annex C correction), the issuers and the content in the summary; the page carries no withdrawal notice. Version 1's statement that the approach remains the basis of UK policy and that no comprehensive UK AI bill had been introduced by October 2026 is not in these sources and was removed from the notes; the government's 2024 response is the related record GB-04.
Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-17: 7 field(s) supported.

History

  1. 2026-10-17notes: Consultation closed 21 June 2023; minor Annex C corrections on 3 August 2023. GO → Presented to Parliament as Command Paper CP 815 and published with an impact ass — rewritten from the stored page; version 1's claims about the approach remaining UK policy and no UK AI bill as of October 2026 are not in this record's sources2026-10-17-recheck-europe-2 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  2. 2026-10-17summary: White paper setting out the UK's context-based, sector-led approach to AI regula → White paper setting out the UK's context-based approach to AI regulation. Existi — made precise from the white paper (principle names as in the text, the anticipated statutory duty, horizon scanning, foundation models)2026-10-17-recheck-europe-2 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  3. 2026-10-17issuing_body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) → Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and Office for Artifici — GOV.UK gives the page as 'From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Office for Artificial Intelligence'2026-10-17-recheck-europe-2 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  4. 2026-10-17title: AI regulation: a pro-innovation approach → A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation — the command paper's own title is 'A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation' (cover, title page, correction slip and the document list on GOV.UK); 'AI regulation: a pro-innovation approach' is the GOV.UK collection page's name2026-10-17-recheck-europe-2 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

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Citation

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and Office for Artificial Intelligence. A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation [CP 815]. 2023-03-29. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-regulation-a-pro-innovation-approach. Status: Published (non-binding, current); verified 2026-10-17 (level A). Local copy archive/GB-01/2026-10-11/official.html retrieved 2026-10-11 14:03:06 UTC, SHA-256 e24e72159eb35e5a74cf0d6d1a83d1ce82216767c1e5814c9627b19c5ead943c. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record GB-01.

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