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Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her Department will convene a cross-government summit with key tech companies and trade unions to discuss the future impact of AI and ASI on jobs, the economy and society.

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 9 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 11 Dec 2025
Answer: 17 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

9 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her Department will convene a cross-government summit with key tech companies and trade unions to discuss the future impact of AI and ASI on jobs, the economy and society.
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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17 Dec 2025
Answer published
We are starting to witness AI’s impact within the labour market: transforming the workplace, demanding new skills and augmenting old ones. But there is uncertainty over the future scale of AI’s impact on the labour market, particularly over the next few y...

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