The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has commissioned a project to model and report on the current and future use of artificial intelligence (AI) by UK businesses. Below you can find the key findings from the report and a link to a more detailed report.

Key Findings

1. Current usage of AI technologies is limited to a minority of businesses, however it is more prevalent in certain sectors and larger businesses

2. Different routes are used by businesses to source AI technologies

3. The scope for increased adoption is large if conditions are right

4. Future spending on AI technologies is set to increase, but has a wide range of possible trajectories

5. Spending on labour related to AI will to increase to support AI technologies’ rising prevalence