Microsoft boss warns of AI trust crisis as UK workers lag behind bosses

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella has warned that increasingly powerful AI systems are becoming less trustworthy, as new research exposes a widening confidence gap between UK bosses and their employees. Speaking at Microsoft’s Frontier Tour in London on Wednesday, Nadella urged businesses to embrace AI while retaining human oversight, warning that the technology’s growing capabilities bring new risks. Our scaling laws are producing even more powerful models that are less and less trustworthy , he said, arguing that businesses must treat AI systems as new forms of insiders and build safeguards around them. His warning comes as Microsoft research revealed that 84 per cent of UK business leaders believe Britain can become a world-leading AI economy within five years, compared with just 41 per cent of employees. The findings suggest a disconnect between executives pushing ahead with AI adoption and workers concerned about what the technology means for their jobs. Em