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Third Report - Governance of artificial intelligence (AI)
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
HC 38
Published 28 May 2024
Government response
1st Special Report – Governance of artificial intelligence (AI): Government Response · published 10 Jan 2025
Recommendations & Conclusions
15
Conclusion
Rejected
Announce further financial support for AI regulators, considering an industry levy.
Conclusion
The next Government must announce further financial support, agreed in consultation with regulators, that is commensurate to the scale of the task. It should also consider the benefits of a one-off or recurring industry levy, that would allow regulators to …
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Government Response Summary
The government reiterates its commitment to providing £10m funding for regulators' AI capabilities and £2m to the DRCF. It does not commit to providing further financial support or considering an industry levy, as recommended by the committee.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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25
Recommendation
Rejected
Para 91
Confirm models tested by AI Safety Institute, testing details, findings, and developer changes.
Recommendation
In its response to this Report, the Government should confirm which models the AI Safety Institute has undertaken pre-deployment safety testing on, the nature of the Governance of artificial intelligence (AI) 55 testing, a summary of the findings, whether any …
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Government Response Summary
The government rejected providing specific details on which models the AI Safety Institute has tested, the nature of findings, or developer changes. It stated this is often not appropriate due to commercial sensitivity and would be counterproductive to publicise.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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26
Recommendation
Rejected
Confirm models the AI Safety Institute could not access and name refusing developers.
Recommendation
The Government should also confirm which models the Institute has been unable to secure access to, and the reason for this. If any developers have refused access— which would represent a contravention of the reported agreement at the November 2023 …
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Government Response Summary
The government rejected confirming which models the AI Safety Institute has been unable to access or naming developers who refused access. It stated that identifying specific developers would be counterproductive due to complex, commercially sensitive negotiations.
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32
Conclusion
Rejected
Require robust, independent testing and performance analysis for AI models prior to deployment.
Conclusion
AI can entrench and accelerate existing biases. The current Government, future administrations and sectoral regulators should require deployers of AI models and tools to submit them to robust, independent testing and performance analysis prior to deployment. (Paragraph 140) 56 Governance …
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Government Response Summary
The government's response text is a page number/header and does not address the recommendation to require independent testing of AI models for bias prior to deployment.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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