A summit held at the House of Lords during London Tech Week has sounded the alarm over a looming “skills cliff edge” in the UK workforce, as artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape the economy and redefine job roles across industries.
Chaired by Steven George-Hilley, founder of Centropy PR, the summit brought together thought leaders from across the tech, legal, financial and cybersecurity sectors for a wide-ranging discussion on the challenges and opportunities presented by AI.
The consensus? The UK risks falling behind international competitors unless it urgently accelerates efforts to build an AI-literate workforce, safeguard data integrity, and adopt ethical guardrails in AI deployment.
Achi Lewis-Dhaliwal, AVP UK, EMEA & India at Absolute Security, warned that AI is dramatically escalating the scale and sophistication of cyber threats, particularly for data-rich sectors such as financial services.
“The financial services industry houses vast quantities of sensitive data that is constantly subject to threats from malicious cyber actors, especially with the rise of AI-powered attacks,” he said. “These discussions must be grounded in real-world cyber risk scenarios if we’re to future-proof UK critical infrastructure.”
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