Question follow-through · 120201
Artificial Intelligence: Tobacco
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of tobacco companies on (a) AI summaries on topics of commercial interest, including the size of the illicit tobacco mark
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of tobacco companies on (a) AI summaries on topics of commercial interest, including the size of the illicit tobacco mark
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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26 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology has made no assessment of the impact of tobacco companies on the outputs of AI models or their accuracy.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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