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Risks of market dominance in AI inject urgency into UK regulatory approach

Montage with Rishi Sunak, the CMA's CEO Sarah Cardell, and a robot in the background
UK PM Rishi Sunak and the CMA’s CEO Sarah Cardell. GRIP Montage: by Benjamin Cremel/Getty Images/gov.uk

New analysis from competition watchdog comes alongside signs UK government is reconsidering its wait-and-see approach.

The UK’s light-touch regulatory approach to AI is coming under pressure as concerns grow about the market dominance of the big players developing AI Foundation Models (FMs).

Sarah Cardell, the CEO of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), gave a speech in Washington last week warning of concerns