Have the article learn by OpenAI (Beta). Please be aware that AI translations might take a while to course of.Berlin (dpa) – The uptake of synthetic intelligence (AI) within the German economic system has stagnated, a survey carried out for the German Financial system Ministry by the Leibniz Centre for European Financial Analysis (ZEW) steered on Wednesday.
Solely 11.6 p.c of German corporations used AI in 2023, the examine stated, an increase of simply 1 p.c in comparison with 2021.
The survey end result comes regardless of widespread pleasure generated by new instruments corresponding to ChatGPT.
Christian Rammer, the survey’s lead writer, stated the findings had been “stunning” as AI has turn into a defining technological pattern in recent times.
Germany does rank nicely forward of the European Union common (8 p.c), however lags behind pioneering international locations corresponding to Denmark, Finland, Belgium and the Netherlands. German corporations within the consulting and enterprise companies sectors carried out greatest, rating among the many high three EU international locations for his or her use of AI.
Rammer stated the figures may very well be an underestimate, as round 5 p.c of corporations surveyed reported that they weren’t utilizing AI, regardless of having recorded utilizing the expertise in earlier surveys.
“These corporations have both stopped utilizing AI within the meantime, or the AI processes have turn into such a pure a part of enterprise actions that the respondents weren’t conscious of them,” he stated. (28 August)
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