Half of UK adults worry that AI will take or alter their job, poll finds

Half of adults in the UK are concerned about the impact of artificial intelligence on their job, according to a poll, as union leaders call for a "step change" in the country's approach to new technologies. Job losses or changes to terms and conditions were the biggest worries for the 51% of 2,600 adults surveyed for the Trades Union Congress who said they were concerned about the technology. AI is a particular concern for workers aged between 25 and 34, with nearly two-thirds (62%) of those surveyed reporting such worries. The TUC poll was released as a string of large employers – including BT, Amazon, and Microsoft – have said in recent months that advances in AI could lead them to cut jobs. Britain's job market is slowing amid a cooling economy, with the UK's official jobless rate at a four-year high of 4.7%, although most economists do not believe this is linked to an acceleration in investment in AI.