[E]thics [should be] at the centre of AI’s development and use concludes a report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence...

One of the recommendations of the report is for a cross-sector AI Code to be established, which can be adopted nationally, and internationally...

Other conclusions from the report include: ...

• Individuals need to be able to have greater personal control over their data, and the way in which it is used. The ways in which data is gathered and accessed needs to change, so that everyone can have fair and reasonable access to data, while citizens and consumers can protect their privacy and personal agency. This means using established concepts, such as open data, ethics advisory boards and data protection legislation, and developing new frameworks and mechanisms...
• Transparency in AI is needed. The industry, through the AI Council, should establish a voluntary mechanism to inform consumers when AI is being used to make significant or sensitive decisions...
• It is not currently clear whether existing liability law will be sufficient when AI systems malfunction or cause harm to users, and clarity in this area is needed...