The founder of a fast-growing British tech startup, RobinAI, has said he believes the UK should resist over-regulating artificial intelligence (AI) so it can embrace innovation and create the world’s next mega companies.
Richard Robinson, a former Clifford Chance lawyer, told City A.M. he thinks it is unwise “to create a bespoke regulatory body whose sole purpose in life is to regulate AI.”
“I think in general, we don’t want to over regulate this industry, particularly in the United Kingdom,” he said. “We have some really great AI companies. We’ve got some of the best in the world in this space, and this is a chance for England to actually produce generational companies.”
The British government is currently exploring how to take control over the nascent technology which exploded last year after generative AI chatbot ChatGPT emerged on the scene.
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