{"id":566380,"date":"2026-05-04T21:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/566380\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:59:08","slug":"ai-firms-should-pay-tax-on-robots-to-limit-job-cuts-says-tech-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/566380\/","title":{"rendered":"AI firms should pay tax on robots to limit job cuts, says tech boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Welsh Labour was focusing on using AI to cut bureaucracy in the public sector and building &#8220;digital infrastructure&#8221;, pointing to the new &#8220;AI Growth Zones&#8221; in Wales to support wider uptake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It will fund innovation through a dedicated grant scheme and wants to position Wales as a leader in &#8220;ethical AI&#8221; with a new Responsible AI Charter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Plaid Cymru also highlights growth and productivity, but places more emphasis on skills, worker involvement and industrial strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Its plan to create a national development agency would support the growth in digital skills and ensure AI adoption was &#8220;worker led&#8221; and protects rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Welsh Conservatives also stress AI&#8217;s potential to drive growth, particularly in modernising the NHS and improving services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When it comes to safeguards, the party argues AI should &#8220;enhance rather than replace human work&#8221; and is used in a way that protects jobs and skills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reform UK takes a more cautious stance, saying AI could have a role in improving digital systems in Wales&#8217; public services, but only where it was &#8220;proven to be safe and effective&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Welsh Liberal Democrats and Wales&#8217; Green Party have been asked to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welsh Labour was focusing on using AI to cut bureaucracy in the public sector and building &#8220;digital infrastructure&#8221;,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-566380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}