Labour would force AI firms to share their technology’s test data

Party plans to replace voluntary agreement with statutory regime so we can see where this is taking us'

Labour plans to force artificial intelligence firms to share the results of road tests of their technology after warning that regulators and politicians had failed to rein in social media platforms.

The party would replace a voluntary testing agreement between tech companies and the government with a statutory regime, under which AI businesses would be compelled to share test data with officials.