Written questions

Artificial Intelligence: Safety

Commons · Question 98531 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Olney

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has considered the potential merits of the mitigation of potential future risks from non-human, autonomous AI systems which may evade human oversight and control.

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 17 Dec 2025

AI systems have the potential to pose novel risks that emerge from models behaving in unintended ways. The possibility that this unintended behaviour could lead to loss of control over advanced AI systems is taken seriously by many experts and warrants cl...