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Startup news
The legality of training frontier AI in the UK is an open question
British AI founders are building models against a copyright and data regime whose application to training has not been settled. The detail of that exposure is not yet established.
№ 309 · 8 October 2026
Regulation
ICO fines call blocker seller £190,000 over 758,053 TPS calls
Elderly Aids Ltd sold devices to stop nuisance calls and made 758,053 of its own, every one to a number on the opt-out register. The regulator's reasoning reads like a checklist of how to get fined.
№ 160 · 31 August 2026
Policy and regulation
TikTok loses appeal over £12.7m ICO fine on children's data
The Upper Tribunal rejected TikTok's argument that it was processing data for "special purposes". The ICO says the reasoning will apply to other online platforms.
№ 24 · 8 August 2026