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Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help protect intellectual property rights in the training of AI models.

answeredChristine JardineDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
6 Jul 2026
Answer
10 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 1 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help protect intellectual property rights in the training of AI models.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The government recognises the importance of protecting intellectual property rights for creators and rightsholders. It published a report and impact assessment on AI and copyright on 18 March outlining the steps it is taking on the use of copyright works ...

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