Key questions answered around potential use of health data to train AI models under Labour’s proposals

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UK ministers have committed to creating a National Data Library for building artificial intelligence models, as part of an AI action plan.

The library will be comprised of state-controlled data, with at least five “high-impact” public datasets being compiled. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, indicated on Monday that patient data from the National Health Service could be part of the library.