Business focus: AI investment priorities shift to customer service and marketing

Nearly half of business leaders (45 percent) identify expanding team capacity through digital labour as a key objective, second only to upskilling existing staff.

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Business leaders are prioritising customer service, marketing, and operations that drive product development as key areas for Artificial Intelligence (AI) investment over the next 12 to 18 months, a new report by Microsoft reveals.

The report, which explores evolving business work trends, attributes this focus to the scalability of AI, particularly in functions where its impact is expanding rapidly.

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