More than 60 percent of enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region plan to increase investments in sovereign cloud and artificial intelligence over the next two years, driven largely by national security requirements, data protection rules, and digital-sovereignty goals, according to new research from Accenture.
The report warns that the pace of AI adoption has far outstripped enterprise defenses, with 77% of organizations lacking essential data and AI security practices to protect business models, cloud systems and data pipelines.
Survey data in the report indicate that about half of Filipinos use AI tools at least weekly, with 46% expressing optimism about the technology’s impact on the country and 50% about its personal impact.
Professional IT services provider Accenture has released its annual research study “Tech Vision 2025”, which outlines how AI-powered autonomy is reshaping industries across the digital landscape.
A major part of the study focused on how to protect against AI’s potential dangers by responsibly designing, deploying, and using AI to create value and build trust.
Accenture said it sees widespread adoption in the workplace of key technologies such as AI, immersive artificial environments, and human-machine interfaces with more “human-like” and “human-centric” qualities.
Accenture’s State of Cyber Resilience 2023 report revealed key traits of “cyber transformers,” who make cybersecurity the cornerstone of their business transformation efforts.
Accenture’s latest report, which was unveiled during the recently concluded Accenture Technology Vision 2023 highlight event, shows that generative AI and other rapidly evolving technologies are precursors to the new norm for businesses where physical and digital worlds converge.
