Overview
- In a Mansion House speech, Sadiq Khan warned AI could become a “weapon of mass destruction of jobs” without urgent action.
- He announced the London Taskforce on AI and the Future of Work and pledged free AI training open to all Londoners.
- City Hall polling found over half of workers expect AI to affect their job within the next year, with entry-level and white-collar roles flagged as most exposed.
- The taskforce will produce a labour‑market report in the summer as Ofcom continues an investigation into Grok-related deepfakes.
- Downing Street highlighted national plans to train 7.5 million workers in AI skills, while commentators accused Khan of discouraging investment with alarmist framing.