Algorithms at Work, Human Rights Scrutiny and AI Transparency

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published an Engineering AI Governance Framework for its engineering teams, setting practical rules for using tools like GitHub Copilot and for building bespoke AI systems across the development lifecycle. GOV.UK. European Parliament adopted a resolution urging the Commission to propose new rules on algorithmic management at work, including transparency, worker consultation and restrictions on intrusive monitoring.

Infrastructures, creators and courts in the AI spotlight

Council of Europe. The Chair of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence uses a parliamentary conference at the UK Parliament to urge MPs to treat the new Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence as a central tool for protecting democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and to focus on ratification and implementation rather than abstract debates on technology.

Enforcement Signals and Strategic AI Partnerships

This fortnight is defined by (1) new UK international AI and science partnership announcements, (2) a clear shift from guidance to enforcement under the Online Safety Act, and (3) EU implementation work (sandboxes) alongside the Digital Omnibus simplification track that UK EU-facing providers must monitor.

DeepMind MoU, Crisis Management Advice and ChatGPT Wrongful Death Suit

UK Government.The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announced a new partnership with Google DeepMind that will see the company open its first automated AI research lab in the UK, give UK scientists priority access to advanced models such as AlphaGenome and an AI co scientist, and support missions under the AI for Science Strategy, with an explicit policy aim of using AI to deliver cleaner energy, better public services and national renewal while working closely with the UK AI Security Institute on safety research and testing of education focused Gemini tools grounded in the national curriculum.