Kanishka Narayan will attend Cabinet, but DSIT is dissolved after two years.
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In a restructuring, Kanishka Narayan will attend Cabinet and the AI minister role is boosted. However, Narayan will no longer have the leadership of a technology secretary.
The UK government's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is axed after two years. Digital transformation duties are transferred to a reborn Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The Government Digital Service (GDS) goes along with the transition.
Kanishka Narayan has become the first UK AI minister to attend cabinet meetings. Meanwhile, tech industry leaders and advocates have expressed alarm over the decision to scrap the technology department, warning that the move risks slowing down policymaking processes.
Kanishka Narayan has become the first AI minister in the UK to attend Cabinet meetings. While industry figures welcome his promotion, tech leaders and advocates have expressed alarm, warning that the dissolution of the science department risks slowing policymaking and pushing the technology sector down the government's agenda. Additionally, reports indicate that Burnham was tasked with addressing the nation's cyber vulnerabilities on his first day in office.
