We welcome the Committee’s analysis of the challenges posed by AI and agree on their importance, as well as the urgency of effective international action to tackle the risks identified. Active international engagement will continue to be a key priority for the Government, as we recognise the opportunity to both unlock AI’s benefits and address its challenges through bilateral and multilateral cooperation. The UK will continue to play a proactive role in initiatives such as the G7 Hiroshima AI Process, OECD AI governance discussions, Council of Europe Committee on AI negotiations, through discussions at the UN and its respective bodies, as well as AI-specific for a such as the Global Partnership on AI and international Standards Development processes. Throughout this activity, we aim to ensure that the cross-border challenges (and opportunities) of AI are effectively addressed. We will also continue to build and deepen our bilateral partnerships and dialogues on these issues, such as through the US-UK Atlantic Declaration and the UK-Japan Hiroshima Accord. Additionally, this November’s AI Safety Summit was the first global meeting of its type, bringing together countries, AI companies, academia, and civil society across a variety of perspectives to tackle the most significant risks at the frontier of AI. As the Committee noted, we should seek to advance a shared international understanding of the challenges and opportunities of AI. We are pleased to have invited a wide range of countries to the Summit to secure agreement on the Bletchley Declaration, and to support the first-of-its-kind State of the Science Report to help build international consensus on the risks and capabilities of frontier AI. Countries and leading AI companies also agreed on the importance of bringing together the responsibilities of governments and frontier AI developers and agreed to a plan for safety testing at the frontier. The discussions at this Summit, and the successful outcomes we have achieved, set a strong foundation to continue this international collaboration through both ongoing and future bilateral and multilateral partnerships.