Increasing deployment of artificial intelligence will cause job losses, the UK technology secretary has warned, saying: “I want to level with the public. Speaking to an audience of tech and business leaders at the Bloomberg headquarters in London, Kendall, the former work and pensions secretary, pledged Labour “won’t leave people to struggle on their own”. She said the government’s goal was to “make Britain the fastest AI adoption country in the G7” and said jobs will be created around the government’s four AI growth zones. “We are on the cusp of great change – an industrial revolution [taking place] in a decade,” she said. Ministers have faced criticism they are relying too heavily on US AI companies, whose models could soon be competing with British white collar workers for jobs.