Artificial Intelligence: Children
(asked on 13th May 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she plans to take to include children’s perspectives in the policymaking process for generative AI.
Answered by
Kanishka Narayan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Children’s perspectives are central to the government’s policy approach to generative AI.
The Secretary of State recently brought together young people, campaigners, experts, and industry, to discuss childhood in the age of AI at Wilton Park. The event highlighted the opportunities and challenges AI creates for young people and reinforced the need to involve them in future policy development.
The government also launched the Growing Up in an Online World consultation, seeking views from children and young people on their experiences and perspectives on AI. We encourage responses before it closes on 26 May.