Kanishka Narayan on Require AI labs to publish safety evalu…

Kanishka Narayan

UK Minister for AI and Online Safety; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

If the right mechanism and lever changes in time and it feels like regulation might be a way that helps us do that, of course, we will look at it.

AI Verified (Aug 4, 2026)

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Kanishka Narayan, quoted in Nicole Kobie, “Reports: UK could consider regulation amidst growing ‘rogue AI’ concerns,” IT Pro, August 4, 2026.

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Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models

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AI Verified Narayan says regulation could be used to force testing before deployment, directly supporting the stated pre-deployment safety-evaluation requirement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded answer 'for' matches Narayan's stated openness to regulation requiring testing before AI deployment. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified IT Pro (4 Aug 2026) reproduces this wording and attributes it to UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan, speaking to Reuters. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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Kanishka Narayan votes For

The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth

A key consideration will be whether AI gains are broadly shared across regions, income groups, sectors and generations and that the opportunities are accessible, regardless of background, gender or geography.

AI Verified source (Jun 19, 2026)

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Kanishka Narayan abstains

AI will create more jobs than it destroys

AI is going to reshape the world of work, with some jobs more impacted than others, but AI will also create new roles and opportunities.

AI Verified source (Jun 19, 2026)

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Kanishka Narayan votes Against

Require frontier AI labs to conduct nearly all R&D publicly but keep the weights closed

The best AI tools in the world won’t be built behind closed doors by a handful of companies. They’ll be built by people who ship code, share it, and let others make it better.

AI Verified source (Jun 10, 2026)

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