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1723403

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to publish an AI strategy.
tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffith
uin	1821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country. Over the next few months, we will be ensuring that AI is used to drive the government’s missions and priorities, including the Industrial Strategy, the AI Opportunities Action Plan, and wider commitments.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 30/07/2024 15:39:39 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
tabling member	4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith

1723635

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans he has for the National AI Strategy; and whether he plans to update the strategy.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Mr Luke Charters
uin	1869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country. Over the next few months, we will be ensuring that AI is used to drive the government’s missions and priorities, including the Industrial Strategy, the AI Opportunities Action Plan, and wider commitments.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 02/08/2024 12:43:05 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
tabling member	5199

1723636

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on artificial intelligence planning.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Mr Luke Charters
uin	1870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>As the centre for digital government, DSIT works closely with other departments to ensure Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving economic growth, transforming how we deliver public services, and boosting living standards.</p><p> </p><p>Last week, we launched AI Opportunities Action Plan, which will set out how the UK can reap the benefits of AI. We know this will require a whole-of-government approach, so we are working across departments to ensure the Government’s missions and priorities benefit from this transformative technology.</p><p> </p><p>We have also committed to introducing regulation, are collaborating with departments on the details of these proposals, before legislation is brought forward.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 02/08/2024 12:41:20 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
tabling member	5199

1717563

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
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
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 her Department's press release entitled AI Safety Institute releases new AI safety evaluations platform, published on 10 May 2024, what steps she is taking to encourage the integration of the Inspect platform in AI development projects in (a) healthcare, (b) transportation and (c) other sectors.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	25899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The AI Safety Institute has responsibility for developing and conducting evaluations on advanced AI systems, including assessing potentially harmful capabilities. As part of this, AISI has released an open-source evaluations platform called Inspect. Inspect is designed to help AI safety researchers build more standardised and reproduceable safety evaluations. Whilst Inspect will not support the development of new AI products and services directly, by open-sourcing the platform we are making it easier to test the safety of new advanced AI systems.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 21/05/2024 14:13:48 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701975

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to draft new legislation to regulate the growth of artificial intelligence applications.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL3890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>In the AI Regulation White Paper consultation response, the Government noted that all countries will eventually need to legislate. The Government also set out initial thinking on the case for highly targeted binding measures for the most powerful general purpose AI models.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government emphasised that it would not rush to regulate until there is a mature understanding of risk, else regulation could prove ineffective and stifle innovation. The Government has also established the AI Safety Institute to understand and evaluate the safety of AI models within Government.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 01/05/2024 11:12:32 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1700763

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Camrose on 10 April (HL3606), what measures, if any, they intend to implement to ensure accountability for defamatory content generated by large language models.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
uin	HL3818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>In the white paper consultation response, the Government set out the case for targeted binding measures for the most powerful AI systems to ensure adherence to the principles set out in the AI white paper including safety, transparency and accountability. The Government also set out key questions to consider as we develop our thinking, and we are engaging with stakeholders across academia, civil society, legal experts and regulators on this work. Government has committed to publishing an update by the end of the year.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose grouped question UIN HL3819 HL3820 question first answered 29/04/2024 10:27:39 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1700764

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Camrose on 10 April (HL3606), which stakeholders they are engaging with regarding the regulation of large language models; and when they anticipate reaching conclusions and recommendations based on these consultations.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
uin	HL3819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>In the white paper consultation response, the Government set out the case for targeted binding measures for the most powerful AI systems to ensure adherence to the principles set out in the AI white paper including safety, transparency and accountability. The Government also set out key questions to consider as we develop our thinking, and we are engaging with stakeholders across academia, civil society, legal experts and regulators on this work. Government has committed to publishing an update by the end of the year.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose grouped question UIN HL3818 HL3820 question first answered 29/04/2024 10:27:40 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1700765

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Camrose on 10 April (HL3606), what are the additional targeted binding measures proposed for highly capable general purpose AI models, including large language models.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
uin	HL3820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>In the white paper consultation response, the Government set out the case for targeted binding measures for the most powerful AI systems to ensure adherence to the principles set out in the AI white paper including safety, transparency and accountability. The Government also set out key questions to consider as we develop our thinking, and we are engaging with stakeholders across academia, civil society, legal experts and regulators on this work. Government has committed to publishing an update by the end of the year.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose grouped question UIN HL3818 HL3819 question first answered 29/04/2024 10:27:40 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1699331

registered interest
date	27/03/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they have implemented to address the challenges individuals may face in opting out of large language models accessing their personal data, particularly considering any complexity and difficulty of navigating existing protocols.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL3676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s existing Data Protection Framework requires organisations, including those developing AI technologies such as Large Language Models, to comply with UK data protection principles on lawfulness, fairness and transparency.</p><p>This includes requirements to make sure that processing personal data is ‘necessary’ for the intended purposes, carried out in a way that people would reasonably expect, and that data subjects are informed about processing and able to exercise their rights.</p><p>The Information Commissioner’s Office has updated guidance on how data protection laws apply to AI systems that process personal data to include fairness across the AI lifecycle.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose grouped question UIN HL3675 HL3677 HL3678 question first answered 12/04/2024 09:33:40 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

1699333

registered interest
date	27/03/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to implement regulations mandating AI developers to incorporate web protocols aimed at preventing large language models from accessing personal data without obtaining prior consent.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL3678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s existing Data Protection Framework requires organisations, including those developing AI technologies such as Large Language Models, to comply with UK data protection principles on lawfulness, fairness and transparency.</p><p>This includes requirements to make sure that processing personal data is ‘necessary’ for the intended purposes, carried out in a way that people would reasonably expect, and that data subjects are informed about processing and able to exercise their rights.</p><p>The Information Commissioner’s Office has updated guidance on how data protection laws apply to AI systems that process personal data to include fairness across the AI lifecycle.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose grouped question UIN HL3675 HL3676 HL3677 question first answered 12/04/2024 09:33:39 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg