UK regulators publish a joint statement on personal AI agents

The Competition and Markets Authority's page on agentic AI and consumers says it was last updated on 30 October 2026, and the update line says a Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum joint statement on agentic AI was published that day. The page says the forum's members published a joint statement on protecting people and businesses in an agentic AI economy.

The page says the statement sets out the work already under way across the CMA, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom, both individually and together. It says the statement also sets out how the regulators will continue to collaborate, and work with the government, as the use of personal AI agents grows, and how existing legal and regulatory frameworks apply to these agents.

The joint-statement PDF linked from the forum's site did not return a readable copy on the check used for this story. The sentences above are from the CMA page. They do not include any new penalty, any new duty with a start date, or a closing date for comments.

What it means for business: the CMA page says existing legal and regulatory frameworks apply to personal AI agents. It does not publish a new AI Act, a new fine, or a compliance date. Firms that deploy a personal agent are pointed back to the laws those four regulators already use. This describes the page. It is not advice on a particular agent.