Relying on US proprietary AI models poses an unacceptable risk to European technological sovereignty

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AI Minister Kanishka Narayan stated that the UK's strategy creates institutions outside existing departments to position the nation as an honest broker for monitoring AI and building sovereign technological capabilities

OpenAI published a proposal in September 2026 calling for human oversight of AI systems conducting their own research and establishing guidance for companies reporting AI safety incidents

The public sector has no control over the AI development activities of the tech sector

Subject matter experts, such as engineers, should be included in AI decision-making tables

AI development should continue, accompanied by security regulations

AI is developing faster than the regulations meant to govern it

AI development should be slowed to allow regulations to be created with agreement between large tech companies and governments

Public-private partnership mechanisms are in place for communication between the government and the tech sector regarding AI

Current AI development is irresponsible because it lacks sufficient regulation to ensure safety

Subject matter experts and engineers should be at the decision-making table to explain the technical aspects of AI to public policy professionals

Big tech companies and governments should agree on a unified approach to managing AI development

The tech sector is involved with public institutions to communicate AI strategies and applications to public officials

The UN, NATO, and the EU are integrating AI into governance through initiatives like the Global Digital Compact and the Digital Services Act

Current AI development is irresponsible because it lacks regulations

NASK Director Radosław Nielek stated that combining NASK's research expertise with OpenAI's technical capabilities will help anticipate risks, strengthen safeguards, and build public trust in AI technologies

AI development should be slowed down in specific application areas, not just in core LLM development

AI development should be slowed down holistically, including not just core large language models but also their applications

AI is currently used in U.S. cybersecurity and foreign policy

Financial Conduct Authority chief data officer Jessica Rusu announced on October 19, 2026, that the regulator is developing a regulatory framework for agentic finance covering agent identity, delegated authority, accountability, and execution.

The Financial Conduct Authority is developing its agentic finance framework in collaboration with financial industry representatives, other regulatory bodies, and frontier artificial intelligence laboratories.