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Artificial Intelligence

Asked by Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 10 February 2026UIN 107871

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure AI companies embed safety-by-design principles in generative AI products.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

The Online Safety Act places duties on many AI services to make them more responsible for their users’ safety. The Secretary of State tasked officials to review how the Act covers chatbots and has said government will act to fill any gaps in the Act.

The AI Security Institute works closely with AI developers to understand potential risks from AI and develop mitigations. The Institute’s research is making AI models safer, with findings being used by industry to strengthen AI model safeguards.

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