UAE gearing up for AI adoption in the next year – ITP.net

UAE gearing up for AI adoption in the next year – ITP.net

A recent survey by IDC shows that 37 percent of UAE organisations surveyed are aiming to increase their spending on Artificial Intelligence (AI) over the next 12-18 months. National measures to promote the use of AI and increased understanding of how it can be leveraged to support operational excellence and an engaging customer experience are mostly to credit for this.

By establishing committees and sub-councils to assist it, the UAE Council for Artificial Intelligence works to put into practice the UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence, which aims to make the UAE a global leader in the field by 2031.

According to the survey, Augmented Analytics tops in the list of AI Applications in Demand across the region for the next year with 48 percent. Behind that is Intelligent Automation, Recommendation Engines and Chatbots & Conversational Agents with 46 percent, 43 percent and 42 percent respectively. The survey also found that one in two UAE organisations have already started their digital transformation journeys before the pandemic began, and that these forward-thinking organisations’ top digital priorities are digitalising operations for productivity improvements, enabling hybrid work models, developing creative digital business models, and utilising digital technologies to achieve environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals.