Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 17998

Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 13 July 2026

Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Dame Chi Onwurah

Labour — Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) her Department and (b) its Arm’s Length Bodies have financially supported the development of any technical solutions to protect the creative industries from unauthorised AI

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

The Department has not financially supported the development of any technical solutions to protect the creative industries from unauthorised AI scraping. The Government published a report on AI and copyright on 18 March outlining steps on the use of copyr...

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