Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the Government plans to respond to the Pope’s encyclical, ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ on Artificial Intelligence.

The Government continues to engage the Holy See regularly both bilaterally and through multilateral fora, including on artificial intelligence. As the Prime Minister said at UNGA, artificial intelligence will be at the heart of the UK’s G20 Presidency next year. The UK is also looking to work with partners towards establishing a single set of global principles and standards on AI. Our focus on international engagement on frontier AI risks is in recognition that any lasting solution will need to be developed and agreed collectively.