AI Minister Role Boosted, UK Tech Department Axed
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.
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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.
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