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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

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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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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