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Mon, 14 Sep 2026

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 Committee calls for bill to address AI threat to human rights

A cross-party group of MPs and peers identifies human rights risks that existing laws appear not to cover.

* A report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights has identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) and argues that existing laws are ill-equipped to cover these threats.
* The committee is calling for a new bill on AI to "address the scale and seriousness" of such threats, with chair Alex Sobel stating that no country, including the UK, has a legislative approach to AI that is "fit for purpose".
* A plan proposed by Dario Amodei, head of US AI company Anthropic, includes global regulation, industry-wide regulation, and independent monitoring of AI models.
* The committee's report highlights several human rights concerns with AI, including: + Displaying biases against particular groups + Creating and spreading misinformation + Using AI to create sexualized images of women and girls without consent + Scanning people's faces without their consent
* The JCHR advocates for the creation of a single, independent AI oversight body on a statutory basis.
* The report argues that the current legal framework is "fragmented and difficult to navigate" and that a new regulatory regime should classify different risk levels and mandate more demanding obligations for higher-risk AI systems and models.