Source · Select Committees · Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Recommendation 4
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AI technology offers transformative potential for medical research, drug development, and personalised medicine.
Conclusion
The ability of AI models and tools to process substantial volumes of data, and rapidly identify patterns where human researchers might take months or be unable to, makes it a potentially transformational technology for medical research. Either through the development of new drugs, or the repurposing of existing ones, the technology could reduce the investment required to bring a drug to market; and bring personalised medicine closer to becoming a reality.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government explained its evidence-based approach to AI regulation, without immediate new legislation, and highlighted the establishment of the Frontier AI Taskforce/AI Safety Institute. It also detailed work with frontier AI companies on safety policies, the recent AI Safety Summit, and commitment to establish a Central AI Risk Function.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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The Department of Health and Social Care is already seeing benefits through AI use in getting support to those who need it, for example, identifying language indicating mental distress in public social media posts and signposting people to the NHS-endorsed Every Mind Matters’ digital support hub, leading to a 25% increase in people accessing the vital service. DSIT also announced a new £100m fund for an AI Life Sciences Accelerator Mission to bring cutting edge AI to bear on some of the most pressing health challenges facing society.
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