That is a great question, and it is one we talk about in our AI consultation paper.
The reality is that legislation moves slowly. We have seen privacy legislation attempted three times now, and online harms legislation twice. In that time, AI has changed. Even as I'm talking now, AI will be a little different by the time I finish this sentence. That's the challenge of legislation. It does not move at the pace of industry.
That's where standards can help. Standards provide that baseline, but they also signal to companies where the government's intentions are. This is at the heart of why we're calling for standards. They are the best way to govern this. As we're building the plane, they would give us the runway and the guidance to move forward on it in ways legislation would not.