19 January 2017

The purpose of this study has been to gauge corporate attitudes toward AI in different regions and different industries. Based on a global survey of 203 senior executives, it finds that, especially in North America, companies in health and life sciences, in retail, in manufacturing and in financial services are actively testing the waters. Amongst this group, AI technologies and applications are in the exploratory phase at around one-third of companies, but another third have moved on to experimentation, and onetenth have begun to utilise AI in limited areas. A small handful (2.5%) have even deployed it widely.

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