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August 15, 2025

UK appoints former OpenAI lead as chief AI advisor

The role was vacated by Entrepreneur First's Matt Clifford in June

The UK has appointed a former OpenAI leader as its new AI advisor to the prime minister, as the country looks to roll out a wave of measures to boost its technical capabilities.

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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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