'Worrying direction' | TUC warns better regulations are needed to protect workers against AI

The TUC has warned the government and employers they must do more to protect UK workers from AI.

The union said that unlike other European countries, that have the EU AI Act, which analyses and classifies AI based on its risk to users, the UK is falling behind on safeguarding its workforce against the potential risks associated with this technology.

This comes as US regulators have started probing OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, about the risk of the generative AI platform, which creates instant human-like responses, in providing users with false information.

Since the popularisation of ChatGPT, spectators have hypothesised the significant impact the technology is likely to have on the global workforce and ‘business as usual’. As a result, many have warned that regulation and support from the government is needed to dampen potential negative consequences for workers.