Global Big Data Conference

Research from STX Next, Europe's largest software development company specializing in the Python programming language, has found that 68% of chief technical officers (CTOs) have implemented machine learning at their company. This makes it overwhelmingly the most popular subset of AI, with others such as natural language processing (NLP), pattern recognition and deep learning also showing considerable growth. Despite the popularity of AI and its various subsets, it's also clear that AI implementation is still in its early phases and there's progress to be made in recruiting the talent needed for its development. In fact, 63% of CTOs reported that they aren't actively hiring AI talent and of those that are, over 50% report facing recruitment challenges. The findings were taken from STX Next's 2021 Global CTO Survey, which gathered insights from 500 global CTOs about their organization's tech stack and what they're looking to add to it in the future.