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30 articles tagged London
London employers warn of a widening AI skills gap
BusinessLDN survey finds the share of employers saying their workforce has the skills they need fell from 63% to 50% in a year, as Khan accepts taskforce plan.
Brick Lane residents fight plan for AI-era datacentre
Campaigners in east London are opposing a Brick Lane datacentre they say will deepen the housing crisis, as the government prepares to rule by 17 August.
King's Cross AI boom reopens Britain's 'sovereignty' debate
US export curbs on Anthropic's top models have reignited the debate over whether Britain can build sovereign AI, even as US giants pack into London's King's Cross.
London claims 'legal AI crown' as senior hires cluster
London hosts 25% of top law firms' senior AI hires versus New York's 10%, new data shows, as the City bets English law makes it the legal-AI capital.
Half of London firms report an AI-era skills gap
A survey of 2,043 London business leaders finds just 50% believe their workforce has the skills needed for the AI era, down from 63% a year earlier.
Uber opens sign-ups for London robotaxis powered by Wayve
Uber has opened sign-ups for London's first robotaxis, using AI from British startup Wayve, with a launch expected within months pending regulatory approval.
Runway picks London for HQ with £150m UK investment
Nvidia-backed AI video firm Runway will make London its European headquarters and invest more than £150m ($200m) in the UK's AI ecosystem by 2028.
City Hall report puts a million London jobs in AI's exposure zone
A 71-page Greater London Authority study finds at least one million London jobs are highly or significantly exposed to generative AI, against a 38% UK average.
OpenAI to open first permanent London office in 2027 amid UK data-centre pause
OpenAI secures King's Cross space for 544 staff as its largest research hub outside the US, days after pausing its UK data-centre project over regulation.
UK Courts Anthropic to Expand London Base After Trump Clash
Starmer's government is pitching office expansion and a possible dual listing to Anthropic as the £300bn AI lab feuds with the US defence department.
London draws global AI talent as UK startup founding rate leads Europe
London-based AI firms are attracting top talent from the US and Europe, with the UK founding more AI companies per capita than any other European nation since 2020.
AI could impact a million jobs in London, research suggests
New research indicates nearly one million London jobs could be transformed by AI, with telemarketers, bookkeepers and data entry specialists most at risk.