{"id":36261,"date":"2026-01-16T03:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=36261"},"modified":"2026-01-16T03:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:04:21","slug":"ai-risks-mass-unemployment-in-london-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=36261","title":{"rendered":"AI risks &#8216;mass unemployment&#8217; in London: mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>London mayor Sadiq Khan on Thursday joined the chorus of warnings on the impact of artificial intelligence for jobs, saying that the UK capital risks &#8220;an era of mass unemployment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour mayor&#8217;s comments are to be included in a London speech late Thursday outlining the opportunities and risks posed by AI.<\/p>\n<p>With the UK capital home to a large number of finance, professional services and creative jobs, London is &#8220;at the sharpest edge of change&#8221;, Khan was to say according to excerpts of the speech sent to media.<\/p>\n<p>Khan will point also to &#8220;huge potential benefits&#8221; of the technology if<\/p>\n<p>used responsibly, as he unveils a review into its impact on the capital&#8217;s jobs market alongside<\/p>\n<p>free AI training for millions of Londoners.<\/p>\n<p>He will urge swift action to harness those benefits before the technology &#8220;becomes a weapon of mass destruction of jobs&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The debate continues over whether AI will destroy jobs, with answers remaining elusive.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer&#8217;s office on Thursday said that &#8220;AI is going to reshape the world of work&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A Downing Street spokesperson added: &#8220;Some jobs will be&#8230; more impacted than others, but the new roles and opportunities it will create is something that we will embrace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations recently warned that AI and automation could exacerbate global labour market challenges, particularly for educated young people in wealthier countries seeking their first high-skill jobs.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London mayor Sadiq Khan on Thursday joined the chorus of warnings on the impact of artificial intelligence for jobs, saying that the UK capital risks &#8220;an era of mass unemployment&#8221;. The Labour mayor&#8217;s comments are to be included in a London speech late Thursday outlining the opportunities and risks posed by AI. With the UK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}