{"id":128778,"date":"2025-04-15T16:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T15:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/?p=128778"},"modified":"2025-05-01T12:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:32:20","slug":"uk-embraces-ai-in-daily-life-but-workplace-lag-persists-finds-ey-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/2025\/04\/15\/uk-embraces-ai-in-daily-life-but-workplace-lag-persists-finds-ey-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"UK embraces AI in daily life but workplace lag persists, finds EY survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Brits are increasingly incorporating AI into their everyday routines, but its uptake in professional settings is lagging behind the global average, a new report reveals.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>EY AI Sentiment Index<\/em><em> <\/em>surveyed 15,000 individuals across 15 nations, including the UK, highlighting a disparity between personal and professional AI adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study found that 70% of UK respondents have consciously used AI in the last six months for tasks like navigating routes (20%) and accessing customer support (32%).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, this figure drops significantly to just 44% for workplace usage, notably lower than the global average of 67%. While globally, content creation and idea generation are key workplace AI applications, UK professionals show slightly lower adoption in these areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sentiment towards AI in the UK remains lukewarm, with an index score of 54 out of 100, compared to a global average of 68. Younger generations like Gen Z and Millennials display higher enthusiasm, while older demographics express more caution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerns surrounding data privacy (65%), security breaches (71%), and the reliability of AI outputs (67%) are prevalent among UK respondents, contributing to a more reserved outlook on the technology&#8217;s benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catriona Campbell, EY UK&amp;I AI Client Strategy Leader, said: \u201cThe survey findings highlight the importance for businesses to consider integrating AI into daily operations to address potential skills gaps and improve efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brits are increasingly incorporating AI into their everyday routines, but its uptake in professional settings is lagging behind the global average, a new report reveals.\u00a0 The EY AI Sentiment Index surveyed 15,000 individuals across 15 nations, including the UK, highlighting a disparity between personal and professional AI adoption. The study found that 70% of UK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4017,"featured_media":128779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21064,21224,21258,21914,22074,62,6617,29,21185,15425,15429,21754,23,24],"tags":[158,19424,577,9583,15937,8858],"class_list":["post-128778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai","category-applications","category-digital-solutions","category-edge","category-hot-topic","category-regional-news-newsletter","category-research","category-software","category-surveys","category-tech","category-tech-trends","category-technology-ciso","category-united-kingdom","category-used","tag-ai","tag-ai-adoption","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-business","tag-ey","tag-skills-gap"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128778"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131205,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128778\/revisions\/131205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}