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UK Warns AI Could Threaten 8 Million Jobs

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  • UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan said the government must take AI's job impact seriously.
  • Kanishka Narayan noted there is no evidence AI has reduced overall UK employment yet.
  • IPPR researcher Carsten Jung warned a worst-case AI scenario could affect about 8 million jobs.
  • Jung said women are 40% more exposed to AI-related job loss than men because service-job concentration.
  • Jung suggested tax reforms to make retaining workers cheaper than automating them.