- Small businesses are less confidence in AI than the biggest
- Half of the companies say that AI has become critical
- Training and policies should be more complete
New research has barely claimed one in 10 SMEs (12%) invested in AI training for their staff.
The report of the Coding Institute has revealed near one out of three (29%) now considers a lack of training as their biggest obstacle to the adoption of AI tools, with another in two (52%) citing a lack of skills and internal knowledge as the main battle.
In addition, research illustrates a disturbing image for small businesses compared to their larger counterparts – 82% of medium -sized companies expressed their confidence by working with AI, against 37% of small businesses.
Small businesses find it difficult to adopt AI
About one in two (51%) of the SMEs interviewed agreed that AI could now be perceived as critical, but only about half of them (27%) think they can safely and effectively put AI tools.
As such, the Coding Institute precedes an increasing Fracture for AI preparation between different types of businesses, launching its own free AI courses aimed at all career levels.
For the future, companies that are about to be left out by the AI revolution now call for greater support from the government.
Three out of five (59%) call for national AI skills strategies to support companies of all sizes, three -quarters asking for lighter AI skills they probably need in the next three to five years.
“It is not only a question of succeeding in individual affairs – it is a question of ensuring that the entire British economy can participate in the transformation of the AI,” said Professor Rachid Hourizi Mbe, director of the Coding Institute.
The report explains that, if micro-enterprises and unique merchants are not explicitly included in national plans, AI will be concentrated and unpublished.
