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Artificial Intelligence: Tobacco

Asked by Jim DicksonLabourDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 26 March 2026UIN 120201

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of tobacco companies on (a) AI summaries on topics of commercial interest, including the size of the illicit tobacco mark

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

The Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology has made no assessment of the impact of tobacco companies on the outputs of AI models or their accuracy.

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