30+ Artificial Intelligence Statistics and Facts for 2023

Artificial intelligence is a hot topic for businesses. AI capabilities are expanding the possibilities for how businesses approach real-time engagement with their customers, manage their operations and ensure business continuity through the pandemic. As the technology advances, companies are finding new ways to innovate and expand. Here are some artificial intelligence statistics to help you understand AI usage in 2023.

The State of AI in Business

Everyone loves to talk about AI and the potential for business growth and enhancement—but what’s the general outlook for business use?

• 35% of companies are using AI and 42% of companies are exploring AI for its implementation in the future, according to a TechJury article
• 91.5% of leading businesses invest in AI on an ongoing basis
• Gartner also tells us that customer satisfaction is expected to grow by 25% by 2023 in organization that use AI
• IT analyst firm, Info-Tech Research Group reports that 44% of private sector companies plan to invest in AI systems in 2023

Overall, there is a widespread adoption of AI in business, but most companies aren’t using it for world domination, but rather to automate processes, enhance customer service and personalization, increase output, and analyze data. Overall, businesses are trying to obtain a competitive advantage.

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AI Priorities and Plans

McKinsey reports the following risks and urges companies to prioritize the following when it comes to AI:

• Cybersecurity
• Compliance
• Explainability
  
• Personal Privacy

Voice Search and Artificial Intelligence Stats

With the prevalence of technologies such as Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri, (most frequently used on smartphones) picking up speed, voice search has certainly taken its place in the emerging tech space. According to Tech Jury:

• 97% of mobile users are using AI-powered voice assistants
• More than 4 billion devices already work on AI-powered voice assistants
• 40% of people use the voice search function at least once every day

Machine Learning and AI Stats

Taking part in machine learning, AI and big data is at the top of the priority list for many organizations. According to a Verta, Inc. survey:

• 63% of companies surveyed plan to increase or maintain AI and machine learning spending in 2023
• When asked to cite the top three drivers behind these budget changes, leading factors included changes in business strategy, cloud migration and modernization, and cost pressures and inflation

The entertainment giant Netflix is also known for its use of machine learning and AI software in content recommendations, which the company reports as saving $1 billion per year.

Impact of AI on Jobs and Employment Market

Many have expressed concern for their job status with the impending growth of AI and machine learning. Semrush revealed that:

• 38% of employees expect their job to be automated by 2023.
• 13% expect AI to eliminate positions entirely in their industry.

Despite the negative perceptions:

• AI technology is expected to create 12 million more jobs than it is expected to replace
  
• Jobs are anticipated to be in high demand with 97 million specialists needed in the AI industry by 2025

One O’Reilly report broke down usage by industry. They show the following:

• Technology: 17%
• Financial Services: 15%
• Healthcare: 9%
• Education: 8%
• Government/Public Sector: 6%
• Telecomm: 5%
• Manufacturing 4%
• Retail: 4%
• Media: 3%
• Energy: 3%
• Defense/Security: 3%
• Other: 22%
  

Stats About AI in the Retail Industry

Currently, the retail market is embracing the use of AI due to its ability to hyperpersonalize and make recommendations based on product selection.

• AI spend in the retail industry is expected to reach $20.05 billion by 2026, a compounded annual growth rate of 39% since 2019.
• 80% of retail executives expect their companies to adopt AI-powered intelligent automation by 2027.
• Juniper Research reports a growth of 230% in machine learning spending between 2019 and 2023.

Chatbots and Artificial Intelligence Facts and Figures

Many companies are embracing AI to support their customer service, most notably when it comes to customer interactions via chatbot. BloggingWizard compiled the following chatbot statistics:

• According to Salesforce, 23% of customer service companies are currently using AI
• IBM reports that using chatbots can reduce customer service costs by as much as 30%
• 68% of users enjoy the speed at which chatbots answer, according to UserLike

Despite these gains, chatbots don’t come without challenges:

• 60% of people still prefer to speak to a live customer service representative, according to UserLike
• 60% of people are also concerned that chatbots cannot accurately understand their queries, according to Business Insider

AI Market Statistics

The AI market is experiencing robust growth.

• Precedence Research reports a global market size of $119.78 billion in 2022.
• The market is expected to hit $1,597.1 billion by 2030 with a registered CAGR of 38.1% from 2022 to 2030
• AI market share in the United States is expected to value $190.61 billion by 2025
  

Artificial Intelligence Growth

The numbers don’t lie. The market size of AI is gaining momentum.

• Precedence Research evaluated the AI software market size at $138.4 billion in 2022
• According to Semrush, the forecasted annual growth rate of AI between 2020 and 2027 is 33.2%

Obstacles to AI Adoption

Despite the snowballing adoption rates of artificial intelligence and advancements in AI technology, there are some barriers that are preventing organizations from implementing AI. CompTIA has identified the top obstacles to AI adoption as being

• Lack of skilled individuals and hiring shortages
• Unclear ROI metrics
• Complexity of AI systems
• Lack of governance
• Fear of job replacement

Benefits of AI Adoption

Adopting AI can have positive benefits for business, including (but not limited to):

• Reduced operational time
• Greater business insight
• Reduced human error
• Automation of rote tasks
• Enhanced productivity
• Better customer service

Virtual Assistants

Disruptions in the workplace have given virtual assistants a boost as workers find more efficient ways to work in a decentralized environment.

• 50% of knowledge workers will use a virtual assistant by 2025, according to Gartner
  
• Global spending on outsourcing could hit $971.2 billion in 2023, according to Deloitte's 2022 Global Outsourcing survey

AI in Customer Service

AI certainly has been beneficial in the customer service realm. Semrush reports the following AI statistics:

• 80% of marketers already had chatbots as part of their customer experience strategy
• 40% of businesses say that customer experience is their top motivator for using artificial intelligence
• 85% of customer service interactions were responded to by chatbots

AI in Marketing

There are so many use cases for applying AI when it comes to marketing. Semrush reports that marketing and sales prioritize AI and machine learning more than any other department.

• 48% of marketing leaders cite AI as making the most significant different in how customers interact with them
• 51% of e-commerce companies use AI to provide a seamless experience
• 64% of B2B marketers consider AI to be valuable in their marketing strategy

FAQs

There are some questions about AI and machine learning that pop up frequently. Here are a few FAQs about AI that your customers may ask: 

• What is AI capable of?
• Will AI replace my job?
• How is AI being used today?
• What should we worry about when it comes to AI?
• Is AI safe?
• How does AI impact cybersecurity?
• What is the difference between AI, machine learning and deep learning?

What Are the Three Types of AI?

There are three types of artificial intelligence:

• Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI): The only form of AI on the market now. ANI can solve for a single problem and perform one task to satisfaction, such as suggesting a related product for a shopper.
• Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): A form of artificial intelligence that mimics how a human reasons, still only a theoretical concept to-date.
• Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI): Also only conceptual in nature, ASI is the stuff of movies involving highly complex and logical artificial intelligence which is capable to reasoning beyond human capabilities and which has the ability to build emotional relationships.

Where is AI Used Today?

AI is being used around the world, with the US taking a significant lead. The O’Reilly report shows usage by country, in descending order.

1. United States
2. India
3. Canada
4. Germany
5. United Kingdom
6. Spain
7. Brazil
8. Mexico
9. Australia
10. Italy
11. France
12. Japan

What is the Future of AI?

AI continues to advance. Companies such as IBM and Google are paving the way for the future of AI. IBM has recently made headway by enhancing natural language processing to enhance their AI platform, Watson. IBM also is anticipating fluid intelligence, a more complex use of AI that will allow technology to combine different forms of knowledge to solve more complex problems. In November 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT. ChatGPT is built on top of OpenAI's GPT-3 family of large language models, and is fine-tuned with both supervised and reinforcement learning techniques.

Who Has the Most Advanced AI?

According to Scoop, the most advanced AI system in the world was installed in New Zealand in April of 2021 at the University of Waikato. The installation follows a pledge by the country to become a world leader in AI research and development. This AI system can quickly and efficiently process huge amount of data which allows AI and machine learning intelligence to solve complex problems.