UK PM Burnham Scraps DSIT, Elevates AI Minister to Cabinet
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- Andy Burnham, serving as UK Prime Minister, has abolished the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) entirely.
- Kanishka Narayan, the UK's AI Minister who oversees AISI, has been elevated to attend cabinet — given "a seat at the top table of government," per the source.
Why it matters: Scrapping DSIT removes the UK's standalone tech department while elevating AI policy directly into cabinet via Narayan, who retains AISI oversight. The restructure pairs a downgrade for tech administration with an upgrade for AI governance at the highest level of government.
