Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the need to improve the safety of artificial intelligence to allow its use in industry.

The Government wants to maximise the economic and societal benefits presented by AI technologies. To support this, we are taking action to make sure that we have the right rules around AI to support innovation whilst ensuring this technology is used safely.

That is why we are committed to establishing a proportionate approach to governing AI which drives innovation and boosts public trust. We set out early proposals in July in the AI Regulation Policy Paper.^[1] Our approach will be context specific, pro-innovation and risk based, providing coherence across the regulatory landscape.

The Paper set out the Government's early proposals for six cross-sectoral principles which will underpin our emerging approach to AI regulation - the first of these principles is to ensure that AI is used safely.

We will ensure that the full range of tools to support effective governance are deployed across industry, encouraging innovation and investment, while also protecting the public and safeguarding our fundamental values.

^[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/establishing-a-pro-innovation-approach-to-regulating-ai