Over one-tenth of German companies using AI: survey

FRANKFURT, Aug 3: A survey published on Wednesday showed that over ten percent of German companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to their advantage.

Up to 13.3 percent of the 9,000-odd companies involved in the survey by the Munich-based research institute ifo are using AI and another 9.2 percent are planning to use the technology which makes decisions quicker through automated data analysis.

The institute's industry expert Anna Wolf said that a majority of all companies in Germany are looking into AI.

Although AI is gaining popularity among German companies, applications vary in different industries, the survey indicated.

The manufacturing industry has emerged as the quickest to embrace AI with around 30 percent of all the companies using or planning to use it. On the other hand, there is not even a discussion of AI so far in as much as 60 percent of the construction companies in Germany.