Downing Street hires AI adviser to prepare for AI's hit to entry-level graduate jobs
nordicinst · x · 2026-10-23
Downing Street has advertised for an AI adviser with "deep expertise" to lead preparations for how the AI boom will change work, with entry-level professional jobs and new graduates singled out, the Guardian reports.
Key points:
- The adviser will sit in Andy Burnham's policy unit and also serve as the main source of advice on frontier AI, public service reform and AI's wider societal effects
- Several cabinet ministers have voiced worries about whether the UK is ready for AI's impact on jobs and the economy, and about unregulated systems
- The post is one of several openings covering transport/energy/water control, the economy, Scotland, welfare, and immigration/security/justice; many policy unit seats have sat empty since Starmer left
Related event: UK PM's Office Hires AI Adviser to Address Jobs Impact(2 posts)→
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