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Ministry of Defence: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43148 on Ministry of Defence: Written Questions, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to support (a) routine operations and (b) policy work fo

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
7 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
15 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43148 on Ministry of Defence: Written Questions, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to support (a) routine operations and (b) policy work fo

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 May 2025

    Answer published

    The provision of support to routine operations by artificial intelligence (AI) is ambitious, safe and responsible, in line with the Dependable AI Joint Service Publication 936. All capabilities, whether AI-enabled or not, are developed and used in line wi...

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