Covid-19 pandemic accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence: IBM

New market research commissioned by IBM found that nearly a third of IT businesses around the world are now using Artificial Intelligence (AI). Nearly 43 per cent of the IT professionals surveyed around the world also said that their company had accelerated the rollout of AI as a result of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. While recent advances in the technology are making AI more accessible than ever, the annual survey conducted by Morning Consult also found that a lack of AI skills and increasing data complexity are top challenges being faced by the global IT industry.