My Lords, it is a great honour to open a debate in your Lordships’ House but an even bigger one to chair one of its Select Committees. Indeed, it is a pleasure to work with colleagues from around the House as we investigate important areas of public policy, and our...

My Lords, it is a great honour to open a debate in your Lordships’ House but an even bigger one to chair one of its Select Committees. Indeed, it is a pleasure to work with colleagues from around the House as we investigate important areas of public policy, and our...

My Lords, while I have interests in the register relating to AI, none is directly involved with LLM development. However, the Good Future Foundation and Educate Ventures Research are both advising others on AI deployment, while Century-Tech and Goodnotes derive some product enhancement using LLM and generative AI technology.

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My Lords, while I have interests in the register relating to AI, none is directly involved with LLM development. However, the Good Future Foundation and Educate Ventures Research are both advising others on AI deployment, while Century-Tech and Goodnotes derive some product enhancement using LLM and generative AI technology.

I joined...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth, and I pay tribute to the chair of the committee, the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell of Beeston, for her first-class chairing of what was a really complex issue to those of us who are...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth, and I pay tribute to the chair of the committee, the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell of Beeston, for her first-class chairing of what was a really complex issue to those of us who are...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Featherstone. I must join others and add my thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, for the impressive manner in which she led the inquiry and introduced this debate. I cannot exaggerate the excellent service we had from...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Featherstone. I must join others and add my thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, for the impressive manner in which she led the inquiry and introduced this debate. I cannot exaggerate the excellent service we had from...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Wheatcroft. I welcome the new Government’s determination that artificial intelligence can kickstart an era of economic growth, transform the delivery of public services and boost living standards for working people. Therefore, I hope they will welcome the recommendations...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Wheatcroft. I welcome the new Government’s determination that artificial intelligence can kickstart an era of economic growth, transform the delivery of public services and boost living standards for working people. Therefore, I hope they will welcome the recommendations...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, and the Communications and Digital Committee on their very thorough and comprehensive report. It points out the very considerable benefits that generative AI and large language models can deliver for this country, and the human race in general. The report declares...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, and the Communications and Digital Committee on their very thorough and comprehensive report. It points out the very considerable benefits that generative AI and large language models can deliver for this country, and the human race in general. The report declares...

My Lords, I refer noble Lords to my interests as set out in the register. I also thank the committee staff for their work during the inquiry and in writing the report, all the witnesses who offered us a range of views on this fascinating topic, as well as our...

My Lords, I refer noble Lords to my interests as set out in the register. I also thank the committee staff for their work during the inquiry and in writing the report, all the witnesses who offered us a range of views on this fascinating topic, as well as our...

My Lords, it is truly an honour to follow my noble friend Lord Kamall. I begin by acknowledging the excellent work of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee, led with great dedication by my noble friend Lady Stowell, in producing this thorough report on large language models and...

My Lords, it is truly an honour to follow my noble friend Lord Kamall. I begin by acknowledging the excellent work of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee, led with great dedication by my noble friend Lady Stowell, in producing this thorough report on large language models and...

My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my registered interests as a director of Oxehealth, a University of Oxford spin-out that uses AI for healthcare applications.

It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ranger, in this debate. Like him, in the time available I will speak...

My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my registered interests as a director of Oxehealth, a University of Oxford spin-out that uses AI for healthcare applications.

It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ranger, in this debate. Like him, in the time available I will speak...

My Lords, it is with even greater apprehension that I stand after hearing that learned disquisition, which I shall re-read in Hansard to make sure that a person whose intellectual background is in medieval literature, theology and Caribbean history might have a chance to get hold of some of the...

My Lords, it is with even greater apprehension that I stand after hearing that learned disquisition, which I shall re-read in Hansard to make sure that a person whose intellectual background is in medieval literature, theology and Caribbean history might have a chance to get hold of some of the...

My Lords, what a pleasure it is to address this compelling, balanced and, in my opinion, excellent report on large language models and generative AI. I thank not just my noble friend Lady Stowell but all noble Lords who were involved in its creation. Indeed, it was my pleasure at...

My Lords, what a pleasure it is to address this compelling, balanced and, in my opinion, excellent report on large language models and generative AI. I thank not just my noble friend Lady Stowell but all noble Lords who were involved in its creation. Indeed, it was my pleasure at...

We have heard really wonderful insights and thoughtful contributions from across your Lordships’ House this afternoon and I am really grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, for organising this engaging debate on such an important topic. It is probably the only debate I am going to take part in...

We have heard really wonderful insights and thoughtful contributions from across your Lordships’ House this afternoon and I am really grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, for organising this engaging debate on such an important topic. It is probably the only debate I am going to take part in...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I thank all noble Lords who made such very kind and generous remarks about me and the committee’s work. I will pick up on just a couple of things because I do not want...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I thank all noble Lords who made such very kind and generous remarks about me and the committee’s work. I will pick up on just a couple of things because I do not want...

Lords motion to take note of the first report of the Communications and Digital Committee on Large language models and generative AI (HL 54 2023-24). Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to take note of the first report of the Communications and Digital Committee on Large language models and generative AI (HL 54 2023-24). Agreed to on question.