UAE businesses are ready for AI adoption: Microsoft AI report

33.3% of high growth companies are adopting AI.

The report also highlighted key challenges related to AI that leaders see ahead in their journey. 56% believe that choosing the right talent or upskilling the current workforce remains a hindrance. Only 42% leaders are willing to take the risks revolved around AI and 38% are yet to devise their strategy in order to add value in their customer engagements.

“As players in the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s daily drama, we often talk about digital transformation,” Added Sayed Hashish. “But often, the best way to transform an organisation is to transform its leadership. A reboot in corporate culture can be just as potent as the technology stack you build. The adoption patterns revealed in AI Pulse’s findings are important. We need to get the word out that future successful leaders will not be those that try to be the source of all answers, but those who learn to ask the right questions and who take a shrewd and ethical approach to technology adoption.”