More than a year after the European Union became the first entity to propose regulations governing the use of artificial intelligence, the U.K. has now released a policy paper revealing what its own regulatory approach to AI could look like in a post-Brexit world.

While both the U.K. and the EU ultimately aim to protect similar core principles, such as transparency and safety, the U.K. offers a unique approach for other regulators looking to draft their own laws—one that aims to avoid overregulation and remain future-proof as new technologies continue to emerge.

"Perhaps not surprisingly in a post-Brexit world with a very pro-Brexit conservative party government in the U.K. at the moment, what we're seeing is a real divergence of approach between the EU, which has gone for a kind of monolithic, principle-based regulation, which will apply to all AI across all sectors in a very consistent way," said Gareth Stokes, a partner and part of the leadership team for DLA Piper's global AI practice group.