Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to remain aligned with EU guidelines on the ethical development of artificial intelligence following the UK's departure from the EU.

We welcome the guidelines as an important contribution towards ensuring AI is used and developed ethically and to the benefit of society.

The UK will continue to take a leading role in the global debate around the ethics of AI. This is why we have established the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, to provide independent, expert advice on the measures needed to enable and ensure safe, ethical and innovative uses of AI and data-driven technologies.

The principles set out in the EU guidelines are closely aligned with the UK’s own approach. Many of the principles are the same as those highlighted as key work areas for the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation.

The EU guidelines are also aligned with the UK’s Data Ethics Framework, which includes clear principles for how data should be used in the public sector, including in applications of AI.