Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 102277

Artificial Intelligence: Weapons of Mass Destruction

Tabled: 2 January 2026

Answered: 14 January 2026

Question

Iqbal Mohamed

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is able to take to delay or prohibit the public release of a frontier AI model in instances when the UK AI Security Institute assesses that model as posing a s

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

We are optimistic about how AI will transform the lives of British people for the better, but advanced AI could also lead to serious security risks. The Government believes that AI should be regulated at the point of use, and takes a context-based approac...

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