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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Phillip Inman

AI-based automation of jobs could increase inequality in UK, report says

A worker at a Siemens production facility in the UK
A worker at a Siemens production facility in the UK. A survey of 5,000 UK employees found ‘a pervasive sense of anxiety, fear and uncertainty’ about the introduction of AI technology. Photograph: Joel Goodman/The Guardian

The automation of millions of jobs will increase inequality in the UK unless the government intervenes to support small businesses and workers through the transition, according to a report into the future of work.

Ministers need to act in the interest of those who will be made unemployed or whose jobs dramatically change, says the report by the Institute for the Future of Work (IFOW) thinktank, in order to prevent skills shortages hitting employers and workers from suffering a decline in job satisfaction and wellbeing.

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