Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their plans to publish a series of tests that need to be met to pass new laws on artificial intelligence, what steps they are taking to decide the criteria for the tests; and how they plan to conduct those tests.

As set out through the AI Regulation White Paper, we are establishing a flexible, principles-based approach to governing AI. We are willing to legislate if required, however we need to understand the issues first and take a proportionate, evidence-based approach. That’s why we established the AI Safety Institute, which will offer vital insights into the advanced capabilities of frontier AI and foundation models by conducting safety testing and carrying out AI safety research.

We will provide further details on our approach very shortly through the White Paper response.