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UIN 99593

Artificial Intelligence

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12 December 2025

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22 December 2025 · Answer

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Artificial intelligence

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22 December 2025

Artificial intelligence

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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on its classification system for AI chatbots; and whether her Department plans to review the classification of chatbot services as search service

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  1. 12 December 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on its classification system for AI chatbots; and whether her Department plans to review the classification of chatbot services as search service

    Source: Commons

  2. 22 December 2025

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    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 confirmed in Parliament that the government will furt...

    Source: Written answer

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