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15 hours agoUK Gambling Commission Posts 65,000 Job to Hunt 16.6B Black Market
A 65,000 senior Head of Illegal Markets role and new 26m funding aim to tackle a rapidly growing 16.6bn UK unlicensed gambling market.
Closer cooperation between regulators and increased funding are needed for the UK to deal effectively with the human rights harms associated with the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. On 4 February 2026, the Joint Committee on Human Rights met to discuss whether the UK's regulators have the resources, expertise and powers to ensure that human rights are protected from new and emerging harms caused by AI. While there are at least 13 regulators in the UK with remits relating to AI, there is no single regulator dedicated to regulating AI.