Committees

Large language models

Inquiry

This inquiry will examine large language models and what needs to happen over the next 1–3 years to ensure the UK can respond to their opportunities and risks.This will involve evaluating the work of Government and regulators, examining how well this addresses current and future technological capabilities, and reviewing the implications of approaches taken elsewhere in the world

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The deadline for submissions was Tuesday 5 September 2023.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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1st Report - Large language models and generative AI
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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 2024
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Government response to the Committee's report 'Large language models and generative AI'
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Letter from the Chair to Sarah Munby, Permanent Secretary, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, dated 29 October 2024
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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 2024
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Response from the Chair to Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, dated 2 May 2024
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Oral evidence transcripts

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28 November 2023
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Witnesses Viscount Camrose (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Intellectual Property) at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), Lizzie Greenhalgh (Deputy Director of AI Regulation, AI policy directorate at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), and Sam Cannicott (Deputy Director of AI Enablers and Institutions, AI policy directorate at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
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28 November 2023
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Witnesses Government Office for Science
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21 November 2023
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Witnesses Google DeepMind, and Aleph Alpha
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Written evidence

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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (LLM0120)
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Human Native AI (LLM0119)
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Professor David Barber (Professor of Machine Learning, Department of Computer Science at University College London) (LLM0118)
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  • Address: Communications and Digital Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW