The UK white paper and Singapore’s Model Framework both privilege existing regulators or voluntary tools over an early omnibus AI Act.
Issue cross-cutting AI principles without immediate statute and assign implementation to existing sector regulators.
Issue ready-to-use voluntary frameworks covering explainability, transparency, fairness and human-centric AI use.
UK policy paper proposing five AI principles implemented by existing regulators on a non-statutory basis initially.
Voluntary national framework for organisational AI governance published by IMDA/PDPC.
IMDA published the second edition of the voluntary Model AI Governance Framework.
The government presented its pro-innovation AI regulation white paper to Parliament.
The white paper states principles will be issued on a non-statutory basis and implemented by existing regulators.
We will not put these principles on a statutory footing initially. … Instead, the principles will be issued on a non-statutory basis and implemented by existing regulators.UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · UK AI regulation white paper · paragraph 11
The second edition describes the Model Framework as a voluntary, ready-to-use tool.
voluntary Model Framework as a general, ready-to-use tool…Infocomm Media Development Authority · Model AI Governance Framework (Second Edition) · §2.2
The March 2023 white paper states the five AI principles will start on a non-statutory basis and be implemented by existing regulators.
IMDA’s Model AI Governance Framework second edition remains a voluntary ready-to-use tool for organisational AI governance.