Skills shortage may hold back adoption of AI in firms, survey suggests

IBM’s Institute for Business Value report showed the majority of employers surveyed said they are currently hiring for generative AI related roles that did not exist last year

The report also found that two-thirds chief executives in Britain and Ireland say they are pushing their organisation to adopt AI technology more quickly than some employees are comfortable with.

A chronic skills shortage may hold back the adoption of AI technology among firms this year, a survey has suggested.

A study by the tech multinational IBM, which includes responses from chief executives in Ireland and  Britain found that just 37% of these employers plan to hire additional staff to build AI technology into their businesses amid a tight labour market.