Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 99593
Artificial Intelligence
Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 22 December 2025
Question
Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on its classification system for AI chatbots; and whether her Department plans to review the classification of chatbot services as search service
Answer
Kanishka NarayanLast year, Ofcom published a letter that set out that if an AI service searches the live internet to return its results it will be regulated under the Act as a search service.The Secretary of State has confirmed in Parliament that the government will furt...
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