Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:14 am on 9 November 2023.
Deidre Brock
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (COP26), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (House of Commons Business)
11:14,
9 November 2023
Sorry, but not only do I not buy the Secretary of State’s excuses for not including devolved Governments in the summit when my Constituency alone is bursting with leading fintech, cyber-security and creative organisations, but I do not buy her excuses for not introducing regulation more rapidly. She has said herself that the game-changing ChatGPT was introduced a year or so ago, and the EU is rapidly approaching completion of its first AI Act. Why have her Government once again been caught napping on introducing regulation?
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