81% of UK firms say skills gap is preventing AI adoption

The adoption of AI and automation tech in the UK is still being stunted by a lack of digital skills in businesses. That is the according to new research by Rainbird, an AI-powered automated decision-making platform. The research surveyed senior decision-makers in enterprise organisations, and that the main reason behind businesses not implementing AI is a shortage of talent in their workforce for handling automation processes. The data suggests a number of different concerns across business functions, including a lack of regulation at 87.5 per cent. In financial services it reports that the technology's "lack of transparency" inhibits its adoption, whereas within the IT industry shortage of talent has become a major hurdle.