{"id":179686,"date":"2026-01-19T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/19\/uk-fca-opens-applications-for-second-cohort-of-firms-wishing-to-test-ai-mlex\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:00:09","slug":"uk-fca-opens-applications-for-second-cohort-of-firms-wishing-to-test-ai-mlex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/19\/uk-fca-opens-applications-for-second-cohort-of-firms-wishing-to-test-ai-mlex\/","title":{"rendered":"UK FCA opens applications for second cohort of firms wishing to test AI | MLex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/mlex\/artificial-intelligence\/articles\/2431652\/uk-fca-opens-applications-for-second-cohort-of-firms-wishing-to-test-ai\">UK FCA opens applications for second cohort of firms wishing to test AI | MLex<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/mlex\/artificial-intelligence\/articles\/2431652\/uk-fca-opens-applications-for-second-cohort-of-firms-wishing-to-test-ai\">https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/mlex\/artificial-intelligence\/articles\/2431652\/uk-fca-opens-applications-for-second-cohort-of-firms-wishing-to-test-ai<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-19 11:44:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.mlex.com\">www.mlex.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UK financial firms can apply to the second cohort of the AI Live Testing service provided by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to test the use of artificial intelligence with the regulator.<\/li>\n<li>The FCA, along with its technical partner Advai, will offer support to participating firms in developing, assessing, and deploying safe and responsible AI.<\/li>\n<li>Applications for the AI Live Testing service are open until March 2, providing a timely opportunity for firms to prepare for future regulatory changes.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative is part of a broader effort by the FCA to keep pace with advancements in technology and understand risks associated with artificial intelligence.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative underscores the FCA&#8217;s commitment to fostering innovation while ensuring regulatory compliance and consumer protection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK FCA opens applications for second cohort of firms wishing to test AI | MLex&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/images\/.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-179686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179688,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179686\/revisions\/179688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}