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Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence

Commons · Question 28095 · Tabled 3 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 11 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of banning the use of the DeepSeek artificial intelligence model (a) on government devices, (b) in government buildings and (c) by government employees.

Answer

Answered by Abena Oppong-Asare, 11 Feb 2025

Everyone who works with government has a duty of confidentiality and a responsibility to safeguard any government information or data that they process, access or share, and all government departments are required to meet a range of mandatory security sta...