10,000 safety incidents recorded<\/a> by news outlets in deployed systems since 2014.<\/p>\nWith greater integration of AI into society, incidents are likely to increase in number and scale of impact.<\/p>\n
In other safety-critical industries, such as aviation and medicine, incidents like these are collected and investigated by authorities in a process known as \u2018incident reporting\u2019.<\/p>\n
The CLTR believes that a well-functioning incident reporting regime is critical for the regulation of AI, as it provides fast insights into how AI is going wrong.<\/p>\n
However, there is a concerning gap in the UK\u2019s regulatory plans.<\/p>\n
The urgent need for incident reporting<\/h3>\n
Incident reporting is a proven safety mechanism, and will support the UK Government\u2019s \u2018context-based approach\u2019 to AI regulation by enabling it to:<\/p>\n