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A UK minister says laws written ahead of fast-moving AI technology have not worked out, according to the headline of an MLex report published on 3 November.

It is a pointed challenge to the idea that anticipating the next technical shift is always the safest way to regulate it. The supplied report text does not identify the minister or explain which laws they mean, so the argument’s reasoning and target remain unclear. The claim is worth a look because it cuts to a real policy dilemma: how do you make rules durable without locking in assumptions about technology that may quickly change?

Discuss: Should AI rules be written to anticipate technology, or should lawmakers wait for clearer evidence of how it is being used?

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