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HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationThe Government are by no means anti legislation; we are simply anti legislation that is developed in advance of fully understanding the implications of the technology, its…14 Nov 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationThis is indeed a serious and complex issue, and yesterday I met the Creative Industries Council to discuss it. Officials continue to meet regularly both with creative rights…14 Nov 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationI do not believe that anyone anywhere is advocating unregulated AI. The voluntary agreement is, of course, a United States agreement secured with the White House. We welcome it,…24 Oct 2023HANSARDCounter-Disinformation Unit: Israel and PalestineThat was very concerning. I am unable to comment specifically on the role of the BBC reporting on it. Combined with other sources of misinformation and disinformation online, it…24 Oct 2023HANSARDCounter-Disinformation Unit: Israel and PalestineI very much share the noble Lord’s analysis of the need for this group to come rapidly into existence. It is, of course, the role of Ofcom to create it. I will undertake to liaise…24 Oct 2023HANSARDCounter-Disinformation Unit: Israel and PalestineI remember the July debate very well. I made a commitment then to meet with concerned Members, which I am happy to repeat. Again, I ask that concerned Members write to me to…24 Oct 2023HANSARDCounter-Disinformation Unit: Israel and PalestineThat is an important part of the Government’s approach to this very difficult, nasty situation. Last week, the Secretary of State met leaders of Jewish communities, and ongoing…24 Oct 2023HANSARDCounter-Disinformation Unit: Israel and PalestineI absolutely agree with the most reverend Primate about the seriousness and horror of the situation. On requiring social media companies to act, the Online Safety Bill will become…24 Oct 2023HANSARDCounter-Disinformation Unit: Israel and PalestineOn 11 October, shortly after the commencement of hostilities, the Secretary of State for DSIT convened a meeting of social media platforms. These included Google, YouTube, Meta,…24 Oct 2023HANSARDCounter-Disinformation Unit: Israel and PalestineMy noble friend makes an important point. In the escalating battle between those pushing disinformation at us and our attempts to limit it, media literacy is key. Under the terms…24 Oct 2023HANSARDCounter-Disinformation Unit: Israel and PalestineI will have to write to the noble Lord to confirm the Counter-Disinformation Unit’s use of logically.ai. Where the unit identifies disinformation being deployed at scale, it would…24 Oct 2023HANSARDCounter-Disinformation Unit: Israel and PalestineThe Department for Science, Innovation and Technology takes the threat posed by disinformation in relation to the conflict extremely seriously. We are taking a three-pronged…24 Oct 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationYes, I thank the noble Lord for his point, which is a really important one. There is no defined curriculum of skills for AI anywhere, and there is such a very large range of…24 Oct 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationThe noble Viscount raises an extremely worrying and serious issue: the use of deepfakes to impersonate politicians. The integrity of our entire political process could be placed…24 Oct 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationI very much agree with my noble friend that we need maximum public acceptance of AI. However, that must be based on its trustworthiness. That is why we are pursuing, among other…24 Oct 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationThe Independent Review of the Future of Compute, which we accepted in its entirety, guided us to commit £900 million initially to buying compute. We have confirmed the purchase of…24 Oct 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationI certainly do not recognise a situation in which many of my governmental colleagues want to walk away from international regulations; indeed, I have just provided quite a long…24 Oct 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationI am pleased to say that the Government spend more on AI safety than any other Government of any country. We have assembled the greatest concentration of AI safety expertise…24 Oct 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationMy noble friend is absolutely right to highlight the essential need for interoperability of AI given the way that AI is produced across so many jurisdictions. In addition to the…24 Oct 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationThe AI Regulation White Paper set out our proposed framework for governing AI, including plans to establish a monitoring and evaluation process to track performance. This will…24 Oct 2023