In the following years, 2023 may come to be seen in medical device circles as the year of artificial intelligence (AI), but that doesn’t mean that 2023 will be seen as the year of regulatory clarity for AI.

The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has seen the nation’s spending numbers for diabetes, which is said to account for roughly 10% of healthcare spending in the U.K., and responded in a collaboration with the National Health Service (NHS).

Companies developing Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled solutions have agreed to work with governments to test models both pre- and post-deployment, in a bid to manage the risks around security, safety and societal harms. The landmark agreement was reached at the first AI Safety Summit, held at Bletchley Park, in the U.K.

The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has converted its regulatory sandbox for artificial intelligence (AI) into a full-fledged program dubbed the AI-Airlock, described as a regulatory-monitored virtual area in which industry can “generate robust evidence for their advanced technologies.” MHRA said it is focused on ensuring that AI products are available in the U.K. “before they are available anywhere else in the world,” a sign that national economic competitiveness is fostering a regulatory willingness to deal with uncertainty about this class of products.

Immuone Ltd. raised £2 million (US$2.4 million) to fund expansion of its operations to meet growing demand for its 3D human lung model. The company is hoping that its model will replace animal testing which is not always accurate at predicting the impact of drugs on humans. The funding came from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, Mercia’s EIS funds and Pioneer Group.