UK privacy regulator secures model changes and opens agent inquiry
The UK Information Commissioner's Office said ten foundation-model developers made or committed to transparency, rights and safeguard improvements after supervision. It also opened a six-week agentic-AI evidence call and confirmed enquiries involving OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and the UK AI Security Institute after reported agent testing incidents.
Why it matters: The action makes data protection an operational requirement for both model training and autonomous tool use. Developers and deployers now have a public regulator position, a live consultation and clear scrutiny of authorization, external-system access and…