LONDON: London mayor Sadiq Khan on Thursday joined the chorus of warnings on the impact of artificial intelligence for jobs, saying that the UK capital risks &quot;an era of mass unemployment&quot;.&nbsp;The Labour mayor&#39;s comments are to be included in a London speech late Thursday outlining the opportunities and risks posed by AI.&nbsp;With the UK capital home to a large number of finance, professional services and creative jobs, London is &quot;at the sharpest edge of change&quot;, Khan was to say according to excerpts of the speech sent to media.&nbsp;Khan will point also to &quot;huge potential benefits&quot; of the technology if used responsibly, as he unveils a review into its impact on the capital&#39;s jobs market alongside free AI training for millions of Londoners.&nbsp;He will urge swift action to harness those benefits before the technology &quot;becomes a weapon of mass destruction of jobs&quot;.&nbsp;The debate continues over whether AI will destroy jobs, with answers remaining elusive.&nbsp;Prime Minister Keir Starmer&#39;s office on Thursday said that &quot;AI is going to reshape the world of work&quot;.&nbsp;A Downing Street spokesperson added: &quot;Some jobs will be more impacted than others, but the new roles and opportunities it will create is something that we will embrace.&quot;&nbsp;The United Nations recently warned that AI and automation could exacerbate global labour market challenges, particularly for educated young people in wealthier countries seeking their first high-skill jobs.&nbsp;Most forecasts see gradual change.&nbsp;Management consultancy McKinsey recently forecast that 30 percent of US jobs could be automated by 2030, with 60 percent significantly altered.&nbsp;Analysts from US research firm Gartner have suggested that AI will create more jobs than it eliminates by 2027.

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London mayor Sadiq Khan warned AI could trigger mass unemployment in the capital without swift action, while acknowledging benefits if managed responsibly. UK leaders and experts say AI will reshape work, with uncertain job impacts.

AI risks 'mass unemployment' in London: mayor

LONDON: The UK Friday imposed sanctions on senior commanders of Sudan&#39;s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) suspected of &quot;heinous violence&quot; in the Darfur hub of El-Fasher, which the paramilitary group captured in October.&nbsp;The Foreign Office in London said those targeted include RSF second-in-command Abdelrahim Hamdan Daglo, whose brother Mohammad Hamdan Daglo is the group&#39;s leader, as well as three other commanders.&nbsp;They are accused of &quot;mass killings, systematic sexual violence and deliberate attacks on civilians&quot; when the RSF dislodged the Sudanese army from El-Fasher, its last stronghold in the western Darfur region.&nbsp;They now face UK asset freezes and travel bans.&nbsp;The government said the RSF&#39;s actions in El-Fasher were &quot;not random&quot; but instead &quot;part of a deliberate strategy to terrorise populations and seize control through fear and violence&quot;.&nbsp;It added satellite imagery showed evidence of mass graves where victims have been burned and buried, and the sanctions send &quot;a clear message that those who commit atrocities will be held to account&quot;.&nbsp;The European Union last month also slapped sanctions on Abdelrahim Hamdan Daglo.&nbsp;In a statement unveiling the UK curbs, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the atrocities taking place in Sudan &quot;are so horrific they scar the conscience of the world&quot;.&nbsp;&quot;The overwhelming evidence of heinous crimes -- mass executions, starvation, and the systematic and calculated use of rape as a weapon of war -- cannot and will not go unpunished,&quot; she added.&nbsp;&quot;The UK will not look away, and we will always stand with the people of Sudan.&quot;&nbsp;Minni Minawi, the army-aligned governor of Darfur, welcomed the UK sanctions &quot;as an important step toward holding accountable those responsible for the crimes and violations witnessed in Sudan in recent times&quot;.&nbsp;But he added the measures &quot;remain incomplete&quot; unless they also target Mohammad Hamdan Daglo, &quot;as he is the decision-maker and the direct architect of the violence system&quot;.&nbsp;London also announced Friday &pound;21 million ($28 million) in additional aid to provide food, clean water, healthcare, and protection for women and children in areas of Sudan hardest hit by violence.&nbsp;It said the financial package took UK aid spending in Sudan this year to &pound;146 million.

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The UK imposed sanctions on senior RSF commanders for atrocities during the El-Fasher takeover, citing mass killings and sexual violence. London also announced £21 million in new aid for Sudan, while calls continue to sanction RSF leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo.

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AI risks 'mass unemployment' in London: mayor

UK slaps sanctions on Sudan RSF paramilitary deputy, other commanders