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HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationI referred to assurance tools, and that will be part of those. The noble Lord is quite right to raise the important area of standards, because they are critical here, and the UK…29 Apr 2025HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationI am very happy to write to the noble Baroness and give her the precise details of that. However, I reinforce that the UK has been at the forefront of this, and the AI Security…29 Apr 2025HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationAs the noble Earl is aware, transparency is one of the key issues in the consultation at the moment. We know that transparency of use of and output from AI systems is possible and…29 Apr 2025HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationI can certainly give the noble Viscount an indication of the scope. As I have said clearly, this is not going to deal with regulation that can be done by existing regulators. The…29 Apr 2025HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationI thank my noble friend. I am unaware of absolutely everything that is going on in the House this afternoon, and I am afraid that I was not aware of that. However, he is right to…29 Apr 2025HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationI am sure that the noble Lord is aware that the creative industries are some of the greatest users of AI. Of course, it is important that creativity is protected. That is why a…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEngineering Biology (Science and Technology Committee Report)I want to be absolutely clear: that is not the case for grants, whether they are for companies or academics; this applies only for a subset of contract research. I am looking at…28 Apr 2025HANSARDEngineering Biology (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I start with three disadvantages: I cannot read in the dark; I am a doctor, so I cannot read my own handwriting; and I have had quoted back to me in various guises many…28 Apr 2025HANSARDEngineering Biology (Science and Technology Committee Report)I thank the noble Lord for that question. In fact, the biofoundries, the manufacturing side of this and the hubs are quite well spread out across the nations and, indeed, across…28 Apr 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: EmissionsNot being from DESNZ, I will ask somebody from that department to give the noble Earl a specific answer on that project, but we will look for where there are sources of energy as…23 Apr 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: EmissionsI thank my noble friend for that question. Discussions are ongoing on all these matters, and I am happy to get a detailed response to her.23 Apr 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: EmissionsThe ability to become self-sufficient in energy is of course dependent on renewable energy, the price of which has come down dramatically since it was first introduced. Making…23 Apr 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: EmissionsThe current estimate for 2024 was something like 7 terawatt hours of consumption; if we go forward to 2050, that is expected to be something like 62 terawatt hours, but, as I have…23 Apr 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: EmissionsThe question of renewable energy is of course an important one. Last year, 50% of the energy was provided by renewables, about 30% from gas and the rest from nuclear and other…23 Apr 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: EmissionsI think it is the case that AI is going to be very important in reducing energy consumption across a number of industries. Estimates suggest that, even factoring in the increased…23 Apr 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: EmissionsI thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Oxford for the Question. The Climate Change Act, as noble Lords know, made the UK the first country to introduce legally binding…23 Apr 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: EmissionsRecent estimates from 2022 show that data centres, including those for AI, account for about 4% of UK electricity consumption. The recently formed AI Energy Council, which is…23 Apr 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: EmissionsThe noble Lord may know that I am on record agreeing with the importance of small modular reactors, and that is being looked at carefully.23 Apr 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: EmissionsI thank the noble Lord for that important question, on which I have had discussions with him before. I think it is an important way of measuring it, but the new AI Energy Council…23 Apr 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationI could not agree more with the noble Lord, Lord Ranger. We have a thriving start-up scene in AI. We need to encourage that; they need to grow. The AI action plan is about exactly…10 Feb 2025