Large language models
Communications and Digital Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 7 July 2023.
The committee has published 1 report, most recently 1st Report - Large language models and generative AI on 2 February 2024.
The government's response
Published 2 May 2024. The deadline was 2 April 2024.
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government says it agrees with the Committee that large language models will bring transformation comparable to the internet, and sets out its pro-innovation, pro-safety approach while stating it will not "rush to regulate".
- On legislation, the government agrees it would be too early for new primary legislation aimed solely at LLMs, but anticipates that all jurisdictions will "in time" want to place targeted binding requirements on the most capable AI systems.
- On a sovereign LLM, the government's "current assessment" is that it is "not suitable, and indeed may not be feasible" to develop one "at this stage", and it will continue to monitor the market.
- On regulators, it has announced £10 million to prepare and upskill them, and says it will work with departments and regulators to analyse and review potential gaps in existing powers and remits.
- On copyright, it agrees that law should provide certainty but will not comment on ongoing court cases, and says greater transparency is needed from AI developers about training data.
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Reports
- 1st Report - Large language models and generative AI2 February 2024 · 61 items
Evidence
- 9 oral evidence sessionsLatest 28 November 2023
- 41 witnesses
Recent activity
- Letter from the Chair to Sarah Munby, Permanent Secretary, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, dated 29 October 202430 October 2024, Correspondence
- Response to the Chair from Michelle Donelan MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, dated 16 May 202423 May 2024, Correspondence
- Government response to the Committee's report 'Large language models and generative AI'2 May 2024, Report published
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1st Report - Large language models and generative AI
- HC No.
- Not recorded
- Published
- 2 Feb 2024
- Items
- 61
- Government response
- Government response published 2 May 2024 (deadline 2 April 2024). Read the government's response ↗
Oral evidence sessions
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| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
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| 28 Nov 2023 |
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Lizzie Greenhalgh · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology,
Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology,
Sam Cannicott · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,
The Viscount Camrose · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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| 21 Nov 2023 |
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Anna Boaden · Equality and Human Rights Commission,
Dr Yih-Choung Teh · Ofcom,
Hayley Fletcher · Competition and Markets Authority (CMA),
Jonas Andrulis · Aleph Alpha,
Professor Zoubin Ghahramani · Google DeepMind,
Stephen Almond · Information Commissioner's Office
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| 14 Nov 2023 |
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Owen Larter · Microsoft,
Rob Sherman · Meta
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| 8 Nov 2023 |
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Dr Adriano Koshiyama · Holistic AI,
Dr Moez Draief · Mozilla.ai,
Irene Solaiman · Hugging Face,
Professor John McDermid · University of York
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| 7 Nov 2023 |
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Arnav Joshi · Clifford Chance,
Dan Conway · Publishers Association,
Dr Hayleigh Bosher · Brunel University London,
Richard Mollet · RELX
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| 24 Oct 2023 |
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Dr Mark MacCarthy · Georgetown Law,
Paul Triolo · Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),
Professor Anu Bradford · Columbia Law School
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| 17 Oct 2023 |
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Dr Florian Ostmann · Alan Turing Institute,
Dr Jeremy Silver · Digital Catapult,
Michael Birtwistle · Ada Lovelace Institute,
Mrs Katherine Holden · techUK,
Professor Dame Muffy Calder · Glasgow University,
Professor Dame Wendy Hall · University of Southampton
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| 19 Sep 2023 |
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Chris Anley · NCC Group,
Dr Peter Waggett · IBM,
Dr Zoe Webster · BT Group,
Francesco Marconi · Applied XL,
Lyric Jain · Logically,
Nathan Benaich · Air Street Capital,
Professor Phil Blunsom · Cohere,
Professor Stuart Russell OBE · University of California, Berkeley
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| 12 Sep 2023 |
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Ben Brooks · Stability AI,
Dr Jean Innes · Alan Turing Institute,
Ian Hogarth · Foundation Model Taskforce,
Professor Neil Lawrence · University of Cambridge
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Who gave evidence
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| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
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| Anna Boaden · Director of Policy and Human Rights | Equality and Human Rights Commission | 1 |
| Arnav Joshi · Senior Associate | Clifford Chance | 1 |
| Ben Brooks · Head of Public Policy | Stability AI | 1 |
| Chris Anley · Chief Scientist | NCC Group | 1 |
| Dan Conway · Chief Executive Officer | Publishers Association | 1 |
| Dr Adriano Koshiyama · Co-Chief Executive Officer | Holistic AI | 1 |
| Dr Florian Ostmann · Head of AI Governance and Regulatory Innovation | Alan Turing Institute | 1 |
| Dr Hayleigh Bosher · Associate Dean and Reader in Intellectual Property Law | Brunel University London | 1 |
| Dr Jean Innes · Chief Executive Officer | Alan Turing Institute | 1 |
| Dr Jeremy Silver · Chief Executive Officer | Digital Catapult | 1 |
| Dr Mark MacCarthy · Senior Fellow, Institute for Technology, Law and Policy | Georgetown Law | 1 |
| Dr Moez Draief · Managing Director | Mozilla.ai | 1 |
| Dr Peter Waggett · UK Director of Research | IBM | 1 |
| Dr Yih-Choung Teh · Group Director of Strategy and Research | Ofcom | 1 |
| Dr Zoe Webster · AI Director | BT Group | 1 |
| Francesco Marconi · Co-founder | Applied XL | 1 |
| Hayley Fletcher · Interim Senior Director of Consumer Protection | Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) | 1 |
| Ian Hogarth · Chair | Foundation Model Taskforce | 1 |
| Irene Solaiman · Head of Global Policy | Hugging Face | 1 |
| Jonas Andrulis · Founder and Chief Executive Officer | Aleph Alpha | 1 |
| Lizzie Greenhalgh · Deputy Director of AI Regulation, AI policy directorate | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 1 |
| Lyric Jain · CEO | Logically | 1 |
| Michael Birtwistle · Associate Director | Ada Lovelace Institute | 1 |
| Mrs Katherine Holden · Head of Data Analytics, AI and Digital Identity | techUK | 1 |
| Nathan Benaich · Founder | Air Street Capital | 1 |
| Owen Larter · Director of Public Policy, Office of Responsible AI | Microsoft | 1 |
| Paul Triolo · Senior Associate (Non-resident), Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics | Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) | 1 |
| Professor Anu Bradford · Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization | Columbia Law School | 1 |
| Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS · The Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 1 |
| Professor Dame Muffy Calder · Vice-Principal and Head of College of Science and Engineering, and Professor of Formal Methods | Glasgow University | 1 |
| Professor Dame Wendy Hall · Regius Professor of Computer Science | University of Southampton | 1 |
| Professor John McDermid · Professor of Software Engineering | University of York | 1 |
| Professor Neil Lawrence · DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning | University of Cambridge | 1 |
| Professor Phil Blunsom · Chief Scientist | Cohere | 1 |
| Professor Stuart Russell OBE · Professor of Computer Science | University of California, Berkeley | 1 |
| Professor Zoubin Ghahramani · Vice President of Research | Google DeepMind | 1 |
| Richard Mollet · Head of European Government Affairs | RELX | 1 |
| Rob Sherman · VP and Deputy Chief Privacy Officer, Policy | Meta | 1 |
| Sam Cannicott · Deputy Director and Head of the Office for AI | Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | 1 |
| Stephen Almond · Director of Technology and Innovation | Information Commissioner's Office | 1 |
| The Viscount Camrose · Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Intellectual Property) | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 1 |
Correspondence
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