Artificial Intelligence

(asked on 7th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her Department will take steps to launch a stakeholder consultation on the Hiroshima Process International Guiding Principles for organisations developing advanced AI systems.


Answered by
Saqib Bhatti Portrait
Saqib Bhatti
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
This question was answered on 15th November 2023

As part of our broader commitment to work closely with our international partners to ensure the development of safe AI, the UK has been an active participant in the G7 Hiroshima AI Process. Throughout the negotiation of the International Guiding Principles and related International Code of Conduct for Organisations Developing Advanced AI Systems, we maintained a focus on maximising the transformative potential of AI and managing the risks for individuals and society, building from the strengths of our pro-innovation, risk-based domestic approach. We have also ensured that the Hiroshima AI Process complements and can build on the important progress made during our own AI Safety Summit, which had a more focused ambition on frontier AI safety.

We recognise that stakeholder consultation is an important next step in ensuring that both Hiroshima AI Process outputs can effectively shape organisations’ behaviours. Alongside our G7 partners, the UK will take steps to support further stakeholder consultation to ensure that relevant organisations have the chance to contribute to the process. We continue to work closely with Japan, the current G7 and Hiroshima AI Process Chair, to shape the ongoing workplan.

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