U.K’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has observed that the country’s current artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory system is fundamentally inadequate to address AI-specific risks and had advocated for statutory body status to AI Safety Institute (AISI) with power to review new and revised AI models.

In its latest report published Monday, the Joint Committee from both House of Lords and House of Commons, observed that AI systems are prone to producing unfairly discriminatory outcomes, poses risk to privacy and personal data and the current regulatory system fails to provide remedy as it regulates AI mainly after deployment, while the developers sit outside purview of legal responsibility.

Today the Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes our report on AI.

Although Superintelligent AI has lead the debate recently there are a whole range of Human Rights concerns that need to be addressed.

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— Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley (@alexsobel) September 14, 2026

“We heard that intentional abuses committed using AI systems, such as deepfake intimate-image-based abuse, can have a disproportionate effect on people from minoritized groups… The Safety not Surveillance Coalition (made up of OpenRights Group, Stopwatch and the Runnymede Trust) told us “AI is having a chilling effect on communities of colour in the UK,” observed the report.

The committee, which began its probe in July 2025, believes that the current UK AI Action Plan fails to “pay sufficient attention to the need to secure the protection of human rights from AI-generated interference throughout the supply chain.”

The committee has observed that use of AI by businesses and public authorities to take decisions that affect people’s lives have acute impact on minority sections of the society.

The committee has also asked for a new AI bill to be introduced that imposes proportionate obligations on actors at all stages of the AI lifecycle and supply chain to ensure that risks are identified, evaluated and effectively addressed at the appropriate stage.

“The UK needs an AI-specific legal framework that applies to all sectors of society and the economy, which comprehensively addresses AI-generated risks and harm across the AI lifecycle to address AI’s unique challenges,” read an excerpt from the report.

The committee has also asked for statutory status granted to UK based AISI. The institute was recently not granted access to US based Anthropic’s latest Claude Mythos 5.1 model, sparking criticism from UK MPs.

According to the committee, AISI must be granted statutory power with developers of powerful AI models requiring to submit new models for review, evaluation, and testing.

“They must also provide technical specifications, including model properties, training data and process, intended use, security and safety testing and risk control measures. “The government should place AISI on a statutory basis. AISI should have the power to review new and revised powerful AI models. It should also have a duty to assess, publish findings pre-release, and issue preliminary ‘warning’ statements associated with release of new AI foundation models,” read the report.

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