Subj : Microsoft - UK can help drive the global AI future, but only with
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Mar 05 2025 13:15:07

Microsoft - UK can help drive the global AI future, but only with the proper 
buy-in

Date:
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:06:26 +0000

Description:
AI has the potential to drive the UKs economy for many years to come, 
Microsoft says.

FULL STORY
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t UK CEO says AI can bring "sweeping changes" Possible half a trillion pound 
opportunity for AI and cloud UK economy over the next decade Microsoft set to 
celebrate 43 years in the UK in 2025 

The new CEO of Microsoft UK has hailed the possible impact that AI can have 
on the nations organizations in a potentially challenging future business 
landscape. 

Speaking at the companys Microsoft AI Tour London event, Darren Hardman 
outlined how, from lifesaving healthcare innovations to sustainable 
technologies that focus on enhancing social, economic and environmental 
impacts, AI is leading the way. 

For the UK as a whole, AI has the power to recast the nation's growth 
ambitions and ensure our position as a global player in launching new AI 
businesses, but also cementing our position in the industries, in which we're 
strong, he declared. AI revolution 

Like the industrial revolution of the 19th century, our 21st century AI 
revolution represents the opportunity to bring sweeping changes to the global 
economy, Hardman went on to say. 

"For businesses, it's about innovating faster, optimizing processes, and 
having greater control about how we work, cutting the digital drudgery, 
removing the mundane, and doing more of the work that we love, he added, 
"supercharging efficiency, enhancing services, and unlocking better outcomes 
for citizens. 

Hardmans speech was accompanied by new Microsoft research which found, 
perhaps unsurprisingly, that business leaders are enthusiastic about the 
potential AI offers, with many keen to roll out technology such as AI agents. 

Microsofts study found almost three quarters (72%) of leaders expected AI 
agents to be fully integrated across their operations soon, with 21% 
anticipating this to be within the next 12 months, and 39% within two years. 

However the report also warned of a growing AI Divide between those business 
planning to embrace AI and those lacking investment or buy-in, with more than 
half (54%) of business leaders admitting their organization lacks any formal 
AI strategy, and worryingly, fewer than half (45%) say their firms properly 
understand the AI skills their workforce needs to be successful today. 

Hardman struck an optimistic tone, declaring there is a half a trillion pound 
opportunity for AI and cloud UK economy over the next decade. 

There is a clear and urgent demand for AI in its many forms from developers 
to decision-makers across government, education and business, he stated. But 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-uk-can-help-drive-the-global-ai-future
-but-only-with-the-proper-buy-in


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