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Artificial Intelligence

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 14 January 2026UIN 102361

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the (a) risks of AI and (b) potential impact of AI on society.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

We are optimistic about how AI will transform the lives of British people for the better, but advanced AI could lead to serious security risks. The capabilities of AI models continue to increase; this may exacerbate existing risks and present new risks for which the UK needs to be prepared.

The role of the AI Security Institute (AISI) is to build an evidence base on these risks, so the government is equipped to understand their security implications. It recently published an evidence‑based assessment of how the world’s most advanced AI systems are evolving on gov.uk, bringing together results from two years of AISI's frontier model testing.

AISI works with a broad range of experts and companies to assess the potential risks these could pose as the technology continues to develop.

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