Summer Myatt
As artificial intelligence and machine learning expand their footprints in the public and private sectors, organizations are increasingly finding that the technology is a top priority for success.
A recent survey conducted by cloud computing company Rackspace Technology found that 62 percent of respondents identified AI/ML as a high priority for their organization and up to 72 percent said AI/ML is currently a part of their business or information technology strategy.
The 2022 Annual AI/ML Research Report, which polled 1,870 IT professionals across a range of industries and sectors, also reported that organizations are accelerating their adoption of AI/ML. Sixty-eight percent of survey participants categorized their company’s AI/ML adoption in concept phase or the optimization phase.
Thirty-two percent said their organization is moving from a proof of concept or pilot to an actual AI/ML solution in production. Rackspace noted that this figure is up 15 percent from last year’s survey findings, representing an increase in the number of companies working to operationalize AI/ML.
The survey also reported that though AI/ML is seeing budget increases and positively impacting organizations, a lack of knowledge and comprehension of the technology persists among leadership and other departments within their organizations.
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