Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 96656

Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Dame Chi Onwurah

LabourNewcastle upon Tyne Central and West

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information her Department holds on the proportion of chatbots deployed in the UK that use search-based functionality as part of their responses; and what assessment she has made o

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
Generative AI services, including chatbots, that allow users to share content with one another or that search live websites to provide search results are regulated under the Online Safety Act and must protect users from illegal content and children from h...

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