Question follow-through · 128813
Artificial Intelligence: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring independent safety assessments before AI systems with dangerous offensive capabilities are developed.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 21 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring independent safety assessments before AI systems with dangerous offensive capabilities are developed.
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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28 Apr 2026
Answer published
AI is a general-purpose technology with a wide range of applications, which is why the UK believes that the vast majority of AI systems should be regulated at the point of use. In response to the AI Action Plan, the government committed to work with regul...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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