United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL12231
Artificial Intelligence: Regulation
Introduced
24 November 2025
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8 December 2025 · Answer
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Artificial intelligence
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8 December 2025
Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for artificial intelligence chatbots being regulated as search services under the Online Safety Act 2023.
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24 November 2025
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for artificial intelligence chatbots being regulated as search services under the Online Safety Act 2023.
Source: Lords
8 December 2025
Answer
Last year, Ofcom published a letter that set out that if an AI service searches the live internet to return its results it will be regulated under the Act as a search service. The Secretary of State has also confirmed in Parliament this week that the gove...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-24/HL12231
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1856556
- uk · wq-1856556 · source updated 8 December 2025