UK Lords debate AI 'kill-switch amendment' as Toby Young argues against heavier AI regulation

abhiadesai · x · 2026-10-30

• The UK House of Lords debated a 'kill-switch amendment' to the Cyber Security Bill, with peers urging heavier regulation of the UK's AI sector and repeating the claim that AI is less regulated than milk.
• In The Spectator, Toby Young pushes back, arguing AI is already subject to numerous regulators (Ofcom, the ICO, the CMA) and that excessive red tape would strangle the nascent industry.
• He contends that with a superior non-human intelligence arriving, 'talking about how to kill it isn't the best way to get off on the right foot,' even suggesting human rights frameworks may eventually need to include non-humans.

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