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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Julia Kollewe and Aisha Down

Sadiq Khan to urge ministers to act over ‘colossal’ impact of AI on London jobs

Head and shoulders shot of Khan in shirt and jacket
Sadiq Khan is to address business leaders and bankers in the London mayor’s annual Mansion House speech on Thursday evening. Photograph: Sunday Alamba/AP

Sadiq Khan is to warn in a major speech that artificial intelligence could destroy swathes of jobs in London and “usher in a new era of mass unemployment” unless ministers act now.

In his annual Mansion House speech, the London mayor will say the capital is “at the sharpest edge of change” because of its reliance on white-collar workers in the finance and creative industries, and professional services such as law, accounting, consulting and marketing.

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