Between 30% and 35% of SMEs are already working with artificial intelligence, compared to 70% of large companies. This is noted in a report by the Bank of Spain, which points to a limited effect on employment.
Only between 30% and 35% of SMEs are already working with predictive or generative artificial intelligence in the first quarter of this year, compared to 70% of large companies. According to La Vanguardia, this figure appears in a report by the Bank of Spain prepared by economists Jacob Hess and Diana Posada Restrepo.
In the last two years, adoption has grown by about 16 percentage points for both SMEs and large companies. However, smaller firms still operate at rates equivalent to half of the larger ones.
A significant gap persists in the level of AI usage between SMEs and large companies.
The central bank adds that Spanish companies are adopting AI rapidly, although SMEs are lagging behind.
Regarding employment, the Bank of Spain states in its blog that the impact has been limited so far. Nearly 89% of companies do not observe significant effects on employment.
Among SMEs, the percentages anticipating increases and decreases in employment are around 9%. In large companies, 24% anticipate reductions and 18% expect increases.
By type of tasks, 83% of SMEs do not expect changes in jobs involving repetitive or routine tasks, while 44% of large companies do foresee reductions in such positions. The information and communications sectors are the most exposed to AI.
The report also links AI adoption with higher productivity and higher wages, although the bank clarifies that it does not establish a cause-and-effect relationship.
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