Question follow-through · 77386
Artificial Intelligence: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of online safety regulations for protecting people against harmful advice provided by AI chatbots.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 15 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 13 Oct 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
15 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of online safety regulations for protecting people against harmful advice provided by AI chatbots.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Oct 2025
Answer published
Services with AI chatbots regulated under the Online Safety Act have duties to protect all users from illegal content and children from age inappropiate content. This includes harmful advice if it is illegal content or meets the definition of harmful cont...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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