UK government mulls compulsory AI safety reporting
THE SO WHAT
Mandatory AI safety reporting would turn model risk from a PR issue into a regulated disclosure obligation. If you’re deploying or selling AI into the UK, start inventorying where safety metrics, evals, and incident logs actually live today.
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