40 or more companies in the Czech Republic have already adopted two or more artificial intelligence technologies. It is followed by Austria with 37 percent and Greece and Lithuania, where 34 percent of companies use these technologies. In contrast, the lowest AI use rates are in Ireland (14 percent), Slovakia and Estonia (both 15 percent each). The European Commission intends for more than 75 percent of EU companies to adopt AI by 2030.
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“The Czech Republic has fallen one place in the current European digitization index and is still below the European average. One of the areas where the Czechia has a significant debt is the use of available analytical tools in the commercial sphere, which can very quickly and relatively easily increase the efficiency of companies. “Only a tenth of Czech companies use big data analysis, while in Malta, the Netherlands and Denmark it is almost a third,” said SAS Institute Regional Director Petr Šlajchrt.
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The Czechia continues to be a leader in e-commerce, with a growing share of small and medium-sized enterprises selling online. On the other hand, a large part of Czech companies still face great difficulties in finding digitally qualified workers.
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Although the proportion of digital professionals among graduates is increasing, it still does not meet demand and many companies lack sufficient know-how or support to train their own employees or jobseekers. The share of Czechs with at least basic digital skills exceeds the EU average and a quarter of Czech companies offer their employees IT training.
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The European Commission monitors Member States’ digital progress and publishes annual Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) reports from 2014. The reports include country profiles each year, helping Member States to identify areas for priority action.
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