{"value":{"id":1908004,"askingMemberId":5089,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-05-20T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-06-01T00:00:00","uin":"3447","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on developing the artificial intelligence stream of AUKUS Pillar 2.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4682,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-06-02T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The AI stream of AUKUS Pillar 2 seeks to accelerate the development of AI and autonomous capabilities and ensure interoperability between the three nations.</p><p> </p><p>Early iterations of an AUKUS AI Toolbox (which will allow AUKUS partners to rapidly train, re-train and share AI models) have been developed at tested at the UK Army Warfighting Experiment. We also tested the first-ever integration of AI-enabled autonomous systems at Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, and have developed AI algorithms for use on AUKUS nations’ P8 aircraft to allow us to more quickly identify and locate adversaries.</p><p> </p><p>This work is underpinned by the Resilient and Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Technologies Project Arrangement (signed in 2024).</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"AUKUS: Artificial Intelligence","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1908004","method":"GET"}]}