Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made a recent estimate of the level of IP infringement being undertaken by developers of artificial intelligence.

There have been no recent estimates of the level of intellectual property infringement undertaken by developers of artificial intelligence (AI), but the government is keeping abreast of developments.

The Intellectual Property Office is due to publish independent research into ‘Artificial Intelligence and Enforcement: Opportunities and Challenges’. This report outlines how AI can be used to track and trace Intellectual Property Right (IPR) infringing goods, as well as assessing resulting money flows and the potential use of AI by those infringing IPR.