Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Twycross on 7 September (HLWS321), what assessment they have made of recent warnings by leading AI researchers and developers about the risk of catastrophic harm, including loss of human control, from increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems; and whether, since that Statement, they have reviewed their assessment of the risks posed by frontier AI.

The Government takes these risks extremely seriously. It is a good thing that the companies developing the most advanced AI systems are now talking openly about the risks as well as the opportunities. The UK’s AI Security Institute is in daily conversation with industry partners on AI security and is working closely with allies and partners around the world on the risks posed by increasingly capable AI systems. We are strengthening our cyber and national security capabilities as the technology develops. Where further protections are needed, we will act.

Our approach is clear: the UK must build our own capability; independently test the most advanced systems; and strengthen the UK’s resilience as the risks evolve.