Tech industry leaders have blasted the UK government for offering a salary of less than £80k for a role aimed at making the country “a global leader in frontier AI”.
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July 2, 2025
UK offers ‘laughable’ £80k salary for leading role in AI sovereignty plan
Prime minister Keir Starmer is looking to build out the country’s AI infrastructure in the face of rising geopolitical tensions
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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