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Grok

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Artificial Intelligence Security Institute completed a risk assessment of xAI’s Grok code before it was released to the public.

answeredIqbal MohamedDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
10 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Artificial Intelligence Security Institute completed a risk assessment of xAI’s Grok code before it was released to the public.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The AI Security Institute regularly test models across leading labs. While we do not provide a running commentary on which models we test due to commercial and security reasons, it actively works with labs to improve safeguards when vulnerabilities have b...

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