- Microsoft Report warns of “AI divides” in all companies
- Those who do not get involved or prepared could lose mainly
- AI agents could play a particularly key role, if they are implemented correctly
Companies from all over the United Kingdom face a difficult perspective if they do not adopt the possibilities and possible benefits offered by artificial intelligence tools, said new research.
The results of a new Microsoft study predicted by the United Kingdom companies run the risk of not being able to grow if they are on the wrong side of the “AI division” of those companies with (or without) a strategy of the tangible.
This perspective could put the opportunity to boost the United Kingdom economy and improve its public services at a generalized scale at risk, warns the report.
“Ai divides”
The report said that the “AI division” was demonstrated by the fact that, while half of organizations have a clear strategy of AI and the skills to implement it, a similar proportion not.
More than half (54%) of business leaders admitted that their organization lacks a formal strategy of AI and, worrying, less than half (45%) say that their companies properly understand the AI skills that their workforce must be successful today, with half (50%) that also describes a gap between the ambition and action of AI.
This AI division also extends to the workforce, with more than half (57%) of the leaders who report a wide gap in efficiency and productivity between workers who use AI and those who do not, and more than a third (36%) of the leaders who say that those workers who use AI would often be more prone to being recognized or promoted.
AI agents are ready to occupy a prominent place in many companies, helping employees relieve their workload and, hopefully, unlock greater productivity. Microsoft’s study found that almost three quarters (72%) of the leaders expected AI agents to be completely integrated in their operations soon, with 21% anticipating that this is within the next 12 months, and 39% in two years.
“AI agentic can play a key role in the elimination of digital heavy work, providing workers with the opportunity to spend more time in creative and value -added tasks,” said Darren Hardman, CEO of Microsoft UK.
“In Microsoft, we are helping to build an AI economy, investing in digital skills and addressing the division of AI, all the prerequisites to boost economic growth fed by AI for the United Kingdom.”
