A new paper from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that while the percentage of companies using artificial intelligence (AI) in the U.S. is still relatively small, it is growing rapidly, led by IT companies, and in states such as Colorado and Washington. States are leading the way. researchers said.
The overall use of AI tools by companies in the production of goods and services rose to 5.4% in February from 3.7% last fall, and is expected to rise to 6.6% by early fall in the U.S., the bureau said. said in the Business Trends report. Outlook survey announced this spring.
In an accompanying paper, Census Bureau researchers said that the use of AI by businesses is still quite low because many companies have not yet realized the need for AI.
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“Many small and medium-sized businesses, such as barbershops, nail salons, and dry cleaners, may not yet consider leveraging AI, but that could change as AI's business applications expand,” they said. Ta. “One potential explanation is the current lack of AI applications for a variety of business problems.”
Few companies using AI tools reported firing employees because of the tools. In fact, business utilizing AI was expanding more than other companies.
They also developed new workflows, trained staff on technology and purchased related services, the researchers said.
AI usage rates across business sectors varied widely, from 1.4 percent in construction and agriculture to 18.1 percent in information technology.
Researchers say large companies are more likely to use the technology than small and medium-sized businesses, but the smallest businesses use it more than medium-sized businesses.
The types of AI jobs most included were used in marketing tasks, customer service chatbots, making computers understand human language, text and data analysis, and speech recognition.
Eric Paul, chief operating officer of a software development company in Orlando, Florida, has been using AI tools for about a year to generate images for marketing materials, help create compliance documents, and improve product quality. I have compared the versions of the document.
“It's become an essential part of our time, but the problem is we can't trust it,” Paul said Thursday.
“You can't just copy and paste blindly. Sometimes the context gets ignored and incorrect details are inserted that aren't helpful or change the tone of the topic you're writing about,” he added.
Colorado and Washington, the two places in the U.S. where companies use AI the most, had adoption rates of 7.4 percent and 7.2 percent, respectively.
Not far behind these were Florida, Delaware, California, and Washington.
Mississippi companies were least likely to use AI at 1.7%.
The survey found that there is some ambiguity as to whether companies will implement AI in their business in the near future or continue using it.
Two-thirds of companies not yet using AI reported that they expected to remain without it in the future, while 14% of companies not yet using AI said they expected to remain without it in the future. It is unknown whether it is used for
Approximately 14% of current users report that they do not expect to continue using AI in the near future, stating that “some continued experimentation or temporary use may lead to discontinuation of adoption.” “This may indicate that there is,” the researchers said.
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