Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 18282

Media: Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Gordon McKee

LabourGlasgow South

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of AI assistants and answer engines on traffic and revenue received by public-interest news publishers; and whether her Department

Answer

Ian Murray
We recognise the impact on public interest news publishers of generative AI platforms and services, including AI assistants and answer engines, which risk diverting audiences and advertising revenue by presenting news summaries which limit the need to cli...

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