Artificial intelligence will cost jobs, admits Liz Kendall

UK technology secretary also announced plans to train up to 10 million Britons in AI skills to help workforce adapt

Increasing deployment of artificial intelligence will cause job losses, the UK technology secretary has warned, saying: “I want to level with the public. Some jobs will go.”

In a speech on government plans to handle the impact of AI on the British economy, Liz Kendall declined to say how many redundancies the technology might cause but said: “We know people are worried about graduate entry jobs in places like law and finance.”