UK needs to relax AI laws or risk transatlantic ties, thinktank warns

UK needs to relax AI laws or risk transatlantic ties, thinktank warns

Tony Blair’s thinktank has urged the UK to relax copyright laws in order to let artificial intelligence firms build new products, as it warned a tougher approach could strain the transatlantic relationship.

The Tony Blair Institute said enforcing firm copyright measures would strain ties with the US, which is poised to announce tariffs on UK goods on Wednesday.

Warning that geopolitical considerations require “urgent and adequate attention” while AI policy is being drafted, TBI said:…

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