\u201cCanadian organizations are still figuring out how to scale AI responsibly,\u201d sayas Manav Gupta, Vice President and CTO, IBM Canada. \u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing is a growing gap between the speed of adoption and the governance, operating models and workforce readiness needed to support it. Closing that gap will be critical to realizing AI\u2019s full value and staying competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Big increase in AI agents<\/p>\n
IBM\u2019s research projects that Canadian organisations will deploy an average of 1,189 AI agents by 2027 \u2014 a 36% increase from current levels \u2014 yet only 9% of Canadian tech leaders say they feel fully prepared for that wave.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour company bought AI, but nobody changed. At some level, we\u2019ve seen this with every major technology shift over the years, but in the case of AI, these results are quite disappointing,\u201d says Kristian Kabashi in a statement accompanying his report titled The State of AI at Work. The report found that while AI adoption is widespread, 87% of workers use AI at the beginner level. Just 13% use AI for meaningful work.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe technology has such vast promise, but, in my view, it\u2019s not being used the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n