UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan has not used ChatGPT, Claude, or any other popular AI chatbots for ministerial business since becoming AI minister in September last year, according to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request. The request also reveals that Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has not used ChatGPT or other AI chatbots for ministerial business since being appointed in September 2025. The FoI was requested on April 23. Narayan, however, does use ChatGPT for “core research” and background information for personal use. He has urged MPs to stop writing their parliamentary speeches with ChatGPT. Kendall also uses AI personally rather than at work. While Narayan and Kendall shun AI chatbots for ministerial business, government officials are expected to use AI. The government is deploying AI to modernise public services, and its tool Consult has sped up analysis of over 50,000 responses to a government-commissioned review of the water sector. A government spokesperson stated that the ministers do not personally use chatbots for ministerial business, but AI tools support the work they direct.