UK. Law Commission: “The paper aims to raise awareness of legal issues regarding AI, prompting wider discussion of the topic, and to act as a step towards identifying those areas most in need of law reform. ” July 31, 2025.”…With the rapid development and improved performance of AI has come increased investment and wider and more frequent applications of it. AI is expected to deliver social and economic benefits, leading to increased productivity, boosting economic growth and output, and may lead to innovations that can save and improve lives, such as the development of new cancer drugs or new medical treatments. Taking advantage of those opportunities is a focus for Government, as set out in its AI Opportunities Action Plan, published in January 2025. In 2025, Government also reached agreements with leading AI developers Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI to take advantage of opportunities offered by AI and explore increased investment in and use of AI. However, as with other technological developments, AI’s potential to deliver benefits  comes with risks that it will cause harm. AI has been used to perpetuate fraud, cause harassment, assist in cyber hacks, spread disinformation that harms democratic processes, and can create “deepfake” images of people as a form of abuse or to enable identity theft, among other examples. There are also concerns that increased use of AI could cause harm by way of social upheaval, that AI will replace existing workforces, at scale, in a wide range of industries, from manual to highly-skilled. Further concerns exist about the environmental impact of technology that is using an increasingly large quantity of energy and water…”

See also Tech Republic: EU AI Act: General Purpose AI Models Must Follow These New Rules – “From August 2, 2025, providers of general purpose artificial intelligence (GPAI) models in the European Union need to start obeying certain sections of the EU AI Act. Requirements include maintaining up-to-date technical documentation and summaries of training data. The AI Act outlines EU-wide measures designed to ensure that AI is used safely and ethically. It establishes a risk-based approach to regulation that categorises AI systems based on their perceived level of risk to and impact on citizens. While specific regulatory obligations for GPAI model providers begin to apply on August 2, 2025, a one-year grace period is available to come into compliance, meaning there will be no risk of penalties until August 2, 2026. TechRepublic has prepared a simplified guide to what GPAI model providers should know for the upcoming deadline. This guide is not comprehensive and has not been reviewed by a legal or EU regulatory expert; providers should consult official sources or seek legal counsel to ensure full compliance. What rules come into effect on August 2? There are five sets of rules that providers of GPAI models must ensure they are aware of and are following as of this date:

• Notified bodies (Chapter III, Section 4)
• GPAI models (Chapter V)
• Governance (Chapter VII)
• Confidentiality (Article 78)
• Penalties (Articles 99 and 100)..”