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HANSARDOpen Artificial Intelligence ServiceThe Alan Turing Institute is of course an independent institution. In 2023, a quinquennial review determined that it needed significant changes, and those changes have been taking…03 Sept 2025HANSARDOpen Artificial Intelligence ServiceI am tempted to refer back to surveys I used to see when I worked in a global company, which always came out worse for the UK than anywhere else in the world. But this is a very…03 Sept 2025HANSARDOpen Artificial Intelligence ServiceThe noble Lord is right: data is fundamental. People often think of this as being just about the algorithms, but you need the data, the algorithms, the hardware and the skills to…03 Sept 2025HANSARDOpen Artificial Intelligence ServiceOf course, this is a major issue, particularly in health data. I was intrigued when speaking recently to colleagues in Denmark. They made the point that they have a very simple…03 Sept 2025HANSARDOpen Artificial Intelligence ServiceThe AI Security Institute was set up to look at the potential risk of new models. It works closely with model developers and gets access to models early, tests them for things…03 Sept 2025HANSARDOpen Artificial Intelligence ServiceAs the noble Lord rightly says, the open AI approach—I mean the general approach to openness, not the company—has been an important part of how this has progressed so rapidly and…03 Sept 2025HANSARDCivil Service: Artificial Intelligence Productivity GainsThe Government have assessed the potential productivity gains from AI across the Civil Service, identifying which solutions are most effective and that will scale. We conducted…01 Sept 2025HANSARDCivil Service: Artificial Intelligence Productivity GainsIt is an area where AI is important, because AI does just that. There are certain things AI does to improve the efficiency of what is already done, and certain areas in which it…01 Sept 2025HANSARDCivil Service: Artificial Intelligence Productivity GainsThe figure of £573 million is, of course, forward spend, so that is not what has been spent; it is a commitment over the next few years. It is important that we measure this.…01 Sept 2025HANSARDCivil Service: Artificial Intelligence Productivity GainsI thank my noble friend for the question. I am not going to try to add the regional Civil Service to my brief, but I will say that this is exactly the sort of area where AI is…01 Sept 2025HANSARDCivil Service: Artificial Intelligence Productivity GainsI thank the noble Lord for his question. I have a full Question on sovereign AI on Wednesday, when I will answer that question in more detail, but in the meantime let me say that…01 Sept 2025HANSARDCivil Service: Artificial Intelligence Productivity GainsIt was interesting to see the report from MIT last week on the use of AI across companies, which noted that 95% of companies got very little benefit and 5% got massively…01 Sept 2025HANSARDCivil Service: Artificial Intelligence Productivity GainsI agree, and I have alluded to that in previous answers. The challenge is a cultural one around workflow. I go back to the MIT report, which shows that, especially in big…01 Sept 2025HANSARDCivil Service: Artificial Intelligence Productivity GainsI thank the noble Lord. I can certainly reassure him that AI in the health service is going to be one of the big areas where changes occur. It is going to introduce changes in a…01 Sept 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: LegislationI thank my noble friend. The consultation, which is in the process of being developed, will need input from everybody. It is important that we get the right people looking at what…21 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: LegislationI am sorry that I disappoint the noble Lord with his summer reading list. I am happy to meet him to give him some other recommendations of good books. As set out in the AI…21 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: LegislationThe noble Baroness will be aware that we have allocated up to £2 billion for AI, £500 million of which is on sovereign AI. That unit is just being established now. It will look at…21 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: LegislationMy Lords, the Government are preparing a consultation on AI legislation in order to gather views on the proposals. This would better prepare the UK for AI security risks, while…21 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: LegislationI think the noble Viscount is very well aware that we have taken a rather different approach, in that we are proposing regulation largely through the existing regulators rather…21 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: LegislationI agree that this is an urgent issue, and it is changing day by day. The urgency is reflected in the work that has already taken place through the Online Safety Act, the Data (Use…21 Jul 2025