Shortage of skills preventing businesses from using AI

Microsoft and IDC interviewed business leaders and workers from 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific region as part of the report, "A company ready for the future: badessing the growth potential of the region." Asia thanks to AI ".

Innovation, competitiveness, customer engagement, higher margins and employee productivity have been among the reasons cited by companies for adopting AI.

"The Asia-Pacific is not yet ready for AI," said Victor Lim, vice president of consulting business at IDC Asia Pacific, in a statement. He added that companies must continually invest in technology, sometimes without immediate feedback.

"There is an urgent need for talent and tools to develop, deploy and monitor models of artificial intelligence, as well as the availability of a robust data infrastructure with governance. adequate, "said Mr Lim.

For its part, China has embarked on an aggressive campaign to dominate the space of artificial intelligence through public and private investment in technology. Beijing aims to be the leader in AI innovation by 2030.

"I think there are a lot of engineering capabilities and skills in China," said Haupter, adding that some of Microsoft's major advances in artificial intelligence in cognitive services, recognition Object and speech came from the research and development team of the company.