{"id":441236,"date":"2026-05-29T18:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=aaaf4ba38600692730b1cacddb10bf32"},"modified":"2026-05-29T18:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:02:48","slug":"regulator-sets-action-plan-for-safe-adoption-of-ai-in-rail-and-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=441236","title":{"rendered":"Regulator sets action plan for safe adoption of AI in rail and road"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regulator sets action plan for safe adoption of AI in rail and road <\/span>
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The Office of Rail and Road\u2019s Safe AI Innovation Action Plan, published today, sets out how ORR will enable the safe adoption of AI within UK rail and England\u2019s strategic road network.<\/div>\n
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One of ORR\u2019s first actions will be to clarify safety risks and regulatory expectations for AI use. This will be published by the end of September via the Digital\u202fSafety\u202fStrategy and\u202fStrategic\u202fRisk\u202fChapter\u202fon health and safety risks arising from the use of digital systems.  <\/p>\n

ORR\u2019s use of AI is already embedded into some internal processes. This year, the regulator will explore how innovations can be built into the process of checking that trains and infrastructure can safely work together across the rail network (interoperability authorisations). ORR will also build AI into its analysis of consumer datasets to aid early detection and intervention of issues to better protect consumers.   <\/p>\n

Data has an important role in decision-making and ORR is committed to building on its transparent and open data approach.  This would mean that even more data can be used to inform regulation without relying on sensitive or identifiable\u202fdata.<\/p>\n

Stephanie Tobyn, Director of Strategy, Policy and Regulation at ORR said: <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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ORR\u2019s action plan illustrates how we\u2019re playing our part in enabling responsible adoption of AI with users at the heart of innovation.   <\/p>\n

We\u2019re providing regulatory stability for industry in what we expect from them and in doing so also providing reassurance to users that within the industries we regulate AI can be utilised responsibly, transparently and safely.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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  1. ORR is an independent, non-ministerial UK government department, accountable to Parliament. It regulates health, safety, and economic standards across Britain’s railways and holds National Highways to account on England’s strategic road network. ORR employs over 370 professionals across six offices. <\/li>\n
  2. Full details of the Safe AI Innovation Plan are online<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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    ORR Safe AI Innovation Action Plan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Regulator sets action plan for safe adoption of AI in rail and road
    \nFri, 29\/05\/2026 – 08:02<\/p>\n

    29 May 2026<\/p>\n

    The Office of Rail and Road\u2019s Safe AI Innovation Action Plan, published today, sets out how ORR will enable the safe adoption of AI w…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-441236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=441236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441239,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441236\/revisions\/441239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=441236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=441236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=441236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}