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1667953

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date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Social Media: Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2023 to Question 202862 on Companies: Social Media, how many of the social media companies in question have provided written responses confirming the steps they are taking to tackle extremely violent and anti-Semitic content.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government held a roundtable with social companies including YouTube, Meta, X, TikTok and Snapchat on 11 October to discuss the ongoing conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p><p> </p><p>During this meeting, companies were asked to follow-up in writing to confirm the steps they are taking to tackle extremely violent and antisemitic content. These companies have all since followed up in writing. The Government continues to engage directly with individual companies and will keep the current approach under review.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/11/2023 16:33:43 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1667993

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to identify new uses for AI in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK government is taking a leading role promoting ethical, safe and responsible adoption of AI, as illustrated by our leadership of the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park last week. This includes the use of AI to improve public services and boost public sector productivity.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is looking to identify new uses for AI in the public sector. Examples include: the AI Life Sciences Accelerator Mission giving £100 million of funding to capitalise on AI’s game-changing potential in healthcare; the Department for Education providing up to £2million to Oak National Academy to improve and expand Artificial Intelligence tools for teachers; the Department of Health and Social Care using AI to identify language indicating mental distress in public social media posts and signposting people to a NHS-endorsed mental health service; and the Royal Navy using AI to connect with potential recruits faster through an AI-driven virtual recruiter.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/11/2023 16:32:14 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1668140

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Government is moving quickly to establish the right guardrails for AI to drive responsible, safe innovation. In March, we published the AI Regulation White Paper which set out our first steps towards establishing a regulatory framework for AI.</p><p> </p><p>We will be publishing our response to the consultation later this year, to ensure we can take into account the outcomes of the productive discussions of the AI Safety Summit held at the beginning of November.</p><p> </p><p>Since publishing the White Paper, we have taken rapid steps to implement our approach. We have established a central AI risk function in DSIT which will ensure that we can identify, measure and monitor existing and emerging AI risks. We also announced the world’s first AI Safety Institute which will carefully examine, test and evaluate new types of AI. This builds on our investment of £100 million in the Frontier AI Taskforce – more funding for AI safety than any other country in the world.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/11/2023 16:35:47 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1665294

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many artificial intelligence researchers work in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	203084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department currently has 14 researchers as part of the Frontier AI Taskforce but intends increase that number. The Frontier AI Taskforce was launched by the Prime Minister in June to build an AI research team inside government that can evaluate risk at the frontier of AI.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/10/2023 14:54:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle