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The Guild Church of St Martin Within Ludgate, Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7DE

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Installation of 2no. external air condenser units at roof level.

Finsbury House, 23 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7EA

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The erection of a new roof terrace, associated lift overrun and extension of stair core, the extension alterations to existing entrances to create level access, internal alteration to mezzanine and new external staircase for basement access for commuters.

Finsbury House, 23 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7EA

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The erection of a new roof terrace, associated lift overrun and extension of stair core, the extension alterations to existing entrances to create level access, internal alteration to mezzanine and new external staircase for basement access for commuters.

Various Locations In The City of London: Land At London Bridge, Cannon Street Railway Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Millennium Bridge And Blackfriars Road Bridge 22/01099/FULL in each of various locations adjacent to each bridge including London Bridge, Cannon Street

The Leadenhall Building, 122 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3V 4AB 23/00036/FULL

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15 tables and 60 chairs in association with an exhibition cafe.

Token House, 14 - 18 Copthall Avenue, London, EC2R 7BN 23/00052/FULL

THE genie is out of the bottleand it’s hard to imagine how it goes back in.” That’s what Alfonso Marone, partner and UK head of TMT Strategy & Deals at KPMG, said about ChatGPT, the catalyst behind the recent boom in artificial intelligence (AI).

When it was released to the world in November 2022, it unknowingly opened the floodgates to a new era of AI innovation.

ChatGPT, which was developed by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, has since gained momentum at a dizzying rate. It became the fastest growing app of all time, attracting 100m monthly active users by its second month, according to investment bank UBS.

In January alone, SimilarWeb data said 672m users struck up a conversation with the interactive bot which has reeled in around 25m daily users in the past week.

Microsoft has since incorporated the latest in artificial intelligence into a new version of its search engine Bing.

Bard And Ernie

Other tech giants are throwing their hats into the ring.

tory stereotypes they have inherited from their human designers.

Initial regulatory intervention on the potential for biases has already started cropping up in the US. This is especially true for recruitment uses such as automated employment decision tools, or AEDTs, that use AI to screen potential employees.

Last year, a number of states including New York introduced a law making it mandatory for AEDTs to receive an annual ‘bias audit’ and be transparent about the results.

Similarly in 2021, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) launched an initiative to ensure “algorithmic fairness” in line with federal civil rights laws.

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Litigation and regulatory issues also stalk this space.

Marone warned that intellectual property rights are likely to cause AI tech trouble.

At present, although detectors are being developed, ChatGPT is not inclined to cite its sources, leaving the door wide open to plagiarism.

Science, Innovation and Technology

(formerly Digital, Culture, Media and Sport), is already proposing an updated version of the GDPR for the UK that is explicitly pro-innovation but may reduce protections for the personal data that is used to build AI.

A government policy paper published last summer states any new regulation will focus on AI applications that pose “identifiable, unacceptable levels of risk” rather than “impose controls on uses of AI that pose low or hypothetical risk”.

In its National AI Strategy, last updated in December, the UK government emphasises its commitment to becoming a “global science and innovation superpower”. It hopes a low-regulation agenda will encourage startups and SMEs to adopt AI.

Yet, “the idea that you can make money by dashing out quick but under-regulated AI is untrue,” Lilian Edwards, professor of Technology Law at Newcastle Law School and fellow at the Turing Institute, said.

She warned that over-prioritising innovation and growth could be incompatible with creating trustworthy AI.

2 Greyfriars Passage, London, EC1A 7BA 23/00083/LBC

18 Devonshire Row, London, EC2M 4RH

124 - 127 Minories, London, EC3N 1NT 23/00091/FULL of existing shelve on rear of the building and

(iii) removal of 4no. existing benches and their window frames.

Last week, Google revealed its chatbot 'Bard' – although an embarrassing gaffe during a promotional video wiped off $100bn (£82bn) off Alphabet’s market value.

But shares in Chinese company Baidu rallied after it announced plans to launch an AI-powered conversational machine called ‘ErnieBot’ in March.

Despite Google's hiccup, these launches and the success of ChatGPT show that the tech titans are pouring money into AI innovation, and other companies may want to follow suit.

However there are a number of challenges facing AI tech, and the firms that back them.

Truth And Morality

“Cheating on a test at school is already a material issue”, says Marone, “but there are far more sinister threats lurking”.

The lines between what looks true versus what is true are blurry, which means AI chatbots have the potential to be a “megaphone for misinformation”, he adds.

Charlotte Dunlap, research director at GlobalData, agrees: “There are concerns over whether it may propagate misinformation resulting from its tendency to not cite its sources”.

Other concerns include whether AI should be allowed to make moral judgements and if large language models are reproducing discrimina-

According to a lawsuit made public last Monday, Getty are asking the court to demand that StabilityAI cough up “statutory damages of up to $150,000 (£124,000)” per unauthorised image, plus other damages caused by the copyright violation.

“Regulatory issues will eventually play a role in this new technology, which is still untested and has the potential for abuse,” Dunlap said.

While the UK's privacy and data protection laws (GDPR) as well as copyright laws already apply to AI, the UK's push to become a “science superpower” and develop its own Silicon Valley, puts calls for further regulation at odds with the UK's tech growth ambitions.

Going For Growth

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What’s more, a regulatory framework that puts innovation at the forefront might also be incompatible with the EU and the US, with more stringent rules giving greater urgency to privacy and ethical considerations.

The EU’s AI Act is neither finalised nor does it apply to the UK. But Edwards believes it is likely to become a global standard.

The European Commission’s proposal anticipates that it could enter into force as early as this year.

A European Commission spokesperson told City A.M. their regulatory framework will “enhance the uptake of AI by increasing users’ trust hence increasing the demand, and providing legal certainty for AI providers to access bigger markets.”

However, in the UK AI regulation policy paper, the UK government also expresses its concern that the EU's approach fails to capture “the full application of AI” and that “this lack of granularity could hinder innovation”.

While this divergence could pose a problem for UK-based AI firms looking to sell into the EU in future, the paper said it recognises “the cross-border nature of the digital ecosystem and the importance of the international AI market” and “will support cooperation on key issues, including through the Council of Europe”.

The UK needs to strike a fine balance between regulation that is both effective and pro-growth in order for AI to flourish.