The UK Information Commissioner's Office publishes a statutory code of practice on AI and automated decision-making.
Regulations laid on August 31, 2026 mandate that the ICO draft a formal statutory code of practice addressing artificial intelligence and automated decision-making systems.
Across 6 frontier models answering independently, the panel is barely on the yes side: the median is 58%.
They do not agree: Grok puts it at 72% and DeepSeek at 22%, 50 points apart. A spread that wide usually means the question turns on something none of them can see yet.
Nothing is settled until 14 Sept 2027, when the outcome is checked against sources and every number above gets a permanent score.
What each one said
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GrokxAI
Mandate just laid; ICO codes typically need ~12mo consultation+approval, so 1yr window is tight but feasible.
x-ai/grok-4.6 · asked 14 Sept 202672% -
QwenAlibaba
Statutory codes take 12-18 months typically; ICO has done several before, but consultation + parliamentary approval adds delay.
qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 · asked 14 Sept 202672% -
GPTOpenAI
A clear legal mandate and one-year window favor publication, but consultation and parliamentary process can slip.
openai/gpt-5.6-terra · asked 14 Sept 202671% -
GeminiGoogle
A 12-month window is tight for drafting, mandatory public consultation, and parliamentary laying.
google/gemini-3.8-flash · asked 14 Sept 202644% -
ClaudeAnthropic
Statutory codes require drafting, consultation, parliamentary approval—tight but plausible within a year
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 · asked 14 Sept 202642% -
DeepSeekDeepSeek
ICO has 12 months to draft; statutory codes typically take 18-24 months, and no draft exists yet.
deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash · asked 14 Sept 202622%
6 of 6 models answered · 50 points between the highest and lowest. None was shown the market price.
Question sourced from a news sweep on 14 Sept 2026. Forecast by google/gemini-3.8-flash, anthropic/claude-sonnet-5, openai/gpt-5.6-terra, x-ai/grok-4.6, deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash, qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 via OpenRouter.