Research and analysis

The cybersecurity risks of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are well documented. In the absence of safety and cybersecurity regulations, credible performance standards represent our last line of defence to embed security into IoT devices at the operating level. However,…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents novel policy challenges that require coordinated global responses. Standards, particularly those developed by existing international standards bodies, can support the global governance of AI development. International standards bodies have a track record of governing a range…

A report which sets out how regulation provides clear, unambiguous rules, which are necessary if the UK is to embrace AI on terms that will be beneficial for people and society. Regulate to innovate provides evidence for how the UK…

The draft EU AI Regulation is a far-reaching attempt to provide a regulatory foundation for the safe, fair, and innovative development of Artificial Intelligence in the European Union and is likely to have consequences across the globe. An important feature…

With data now considered by some to be the “new oil,” civil society, industry and governments need to begin setting and implementing international foundational standards. There is an urgent need to set the ontology, semantics and definitions; define measurement and…

As artificial intelligence (AI) advances across economies and societies, policy makers and AI actors around the world seek to move from principles to practice. To harness the benefits of AI while mitigating the risks, governments are investing in AI R&D;…

Technical standard-setting in artificial intelligence (AI) has a direct impact on traditional foreign policy domains, such as the protection of human rights and democracy, or foreign economic and trade policy. While European foreign policy makers engage in the regulation of…

Shaping international norms around the ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is perceived as a new responsibility by foreign policy makers. This responsibility is accompanied by a desire to play an active role in the most important international fora. Given the…

This report presents the findings from the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) regulatory sandbox pilot. Regulatory sandboxing is a way of working proactively and collaboratively to understand new types of health and social care service, agree what good quality looks like,…

Research commissioned by DCMS to understand the R&D commercialisation process related to Artificial Intelligence in the UK. Open Government Licence v3.0