Artificial intelligence (AI) played a crucial role in the survival of many organizations during the Covid-19 pandemic, and its influence is only going to grow with time. Recognising the opportunity, businesses in the UK are at the forefront of adoption, compared to elsewhere in Europe.

The UK is leading the way in Europe when it comes to the adoption of AI, with a fifth (18%) of companies based here already at the most advanced stage of AI maturity, the highest proportion in Europe, ahead of Germany (16%) and France (12%).

While Asian businesses have been largely nimble in responding to the pandemic, India Inc braved the COVID-19 crisis much better than countries worldwide, and is also most bullish about embracing digital tools.

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Multibillion-dollar US information technology services provider Cognizant has bought private equity-backed local tech transformation consultancy Servian in a deal that will substantially increase the size of its cloud and data team.