Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 120201

Artificial Intelligence: Tobacco

Tabled: 11 March 2026

Answered: 26 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Jim Dickson

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of tobacco companies on (a) AI summaries on topics of commercial interest, including the size of the illicit tobacco mark

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

The Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology has made no assessment of the impact of tobacco companies on the outputs of AI models or their accuracy.