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2026
- PassedRule or guidance
DSIT publishes report and impact assessment on use of copyright works in AI development
Government report and economic impact assessment on AI and copyright, added to the consultation page; the formal consultation response is still pending.
GOV.UK, Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation, Mar 19, 2026
2025
- PassedCourt
Getty Images v Stability AI: High Court judgment
High Court ([2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch)) rejected Getty's secondary copyright claim: Stable Diffusion's model weights are not an 'infringing copy' as they store no copies of Getty's works. Getty had dropped its training claims; trade mark claims succeeded only to a very limited extent.
“extremely limited”
Bird & Bird (law firm analysis); judgment listed by Judiciary of England and Wales, Nov 2025 · The judgment
- In forceOrder
AI Safety Institute renamed AI Security Institute
The government body that tests frontier AI was refocused on security risks such as chemical and biological weapons, cyber-attacks, fraud and child sexual abuse, with a new criminal-misuse team.
“The main job of any government is ensuring its citizens are safe and protected”
GOV.UK (DSIT press release), Feb 14, 2025
2024
- ProposedRule or guidance
Copyright and AI consultation opens (closed 2025-02-25)
Government consultation on how copyright law should treat AI training; the government is still analysing responses.
“We are analysing your feedback.”
GOV.UK, Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation, Mar 19, 2026
- In forceRule or guidance
Ofcom: Online Safety Act covers generative AI chatbots
Open letter saying sites and apps whose AI chatbots let users share outputs with others are regulated user-to-user services under the Online Safety Act.
“will be a user-to-user service.”
Ofcom open letter, Nov 8, 2024
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