Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Twycross on 7 September (HLWS321) in which they stated that the risks from increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems are “inherently transnational” and that no country can address them alone, what steps they are taking with international partners to develop shared arrangements for (1) the evaluation of advanced AI systems, (2) notification and information-sharing concerning serious AI incidents, and (3) coordinated responses to risks arising from advanced AI systems that cannot be reliably controlled or directed; and what role they envisage for the United Nations Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance in developing such arrangements.

AI is already subject to UK law and regulation through existing laws and expert regulators. But the most advanced AI systems present risks that do not stop at national borders, and we know that these challenges cannot be addressed by a single country alone. That is why the Prime Minister has made artificial intelligence a central focus of Britain’s G20 Presidency next year, and committed to work towards principles and standards that ensure the most capable AI systems are developed securely and with appropriate transparency. The AI Security Institute (AISI) will play a key role in delivering this global commitment, with partners across industry, governments and beyond.