UK Lawmakers Sound Alarm on Threat to Workers by AI Chatbots

UK lawmakers have urged regulators to take action to head off “significant risks” posed to workers by the boom of artificial intelligence programs including ChatGPT.

Parliament’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said a new taskforce on AI should probe whether legislation needs to be updated to protect workers from upheaval.

The report from backbencher members of Parliament from the main political parties suggests that the rapid development of AI will face intense scrutiny from regulators in the coming years as technology threatens to transform work. The emergence of chatbots, such as OpenAI Inc.’s ChatGPT, has sparked debate over whether ...