MHRA Says UK Approach To AI Regulation ‘Legislatively Light’, Unlike EU Proposals
Executive Summary
The UK’s medtech regulator is “going big on guidance” when it comes to artificial intelligence and software as a medical device, an expert from the agency has said, while legislation will be light in comparison to the EU’s planned AI Act.
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