Anthropic offers £145k for London personal assistant amid AI agent boom Tech The company behind one of the world’s most advanced AI assistants is offering £145,000 for a human one in London, as tech giants continue to rely on people for jobs their own tech promises to automate. Anthropic, the developer of Claude, is recruiting an administrative business partner in the capital, despite developing AI tools capable [...]
‘Delighted to be wrong’ – Sam Altman changes tune on AI job apocalypse fears Tech OpenAI boss Sam Altman has softened his warnings over AI wiping out white-collar work, saying the feared “jobs apocalypse” has so far failed to materialise despite the tech rapidly reshaping business decisions and operations. Speaking on Tuesday, Altman admitted he had expected AI to eliminate far more entry-level office jobs by now following the launch [...]
‘Patronising gibberish’ – Top Tory slams Labour’s ‘masculine’ job ad crackdown Business Labour has been criticised for issuing new guidance that warns employers against using ‘masculine’ language in job descriptions. The Office for Equality and Opportunity’s new guidance, published on Wednesday, suggests that businesses swap ‘aggressive character traits’ for more neutral, behaviour-based criteria. The document urges businesses to use neutral language and titles, including “avoid terms associated [...]
UK job applicants double amid AI-driven squeeze January 9, 2026 Britain’s hiring market has become more competitive than any major economy, City AM understands, as workers and recruiters struggle to adapt to AI in recruitment. Britain’s job market is entering an AI-driven bottleneck, with the number of applicants per open role having more than doubled since Spring 2022, according to data shared by LinkedIn. The [...]