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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

AI ‘apocalypse’ could take away almost 8m jobs in UK, says report

Customer support workers are among those at risk in the first wave of AI adoption. The second wave will have a much bigger impact.
Customer support workers are among those at risk in the first wave of AI adoption. The second wave will have a much bigger impact. Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock

Almost 8 million UK jobs could be lost to artificial intelligence in a “jobs apocalypse”, according to a report warning that women, younger workers and those on lower wages are at most risk from automation.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said that entry level, part-time and administrative jobs were most exposed to being replaced by AI under a “worst-case scenario” for the rollout of new technologies in the next three to five years.

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