Nearly 50 percent of Dutch companies are not using AI technology. Companies are concerned about privacy. That's according to the AI monitor published Feb. 27 by Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
In 2022, 24.5 percent of companies surveyed were refraining from deploying AI. In 2023, this increased to 36 percent and in 2024 to 44 percent. In particular, companies with 100 employees or more reported not using AI because of privacy risks. In contrast, last year 22.7 percent of companies with 10 or more employees did use AI. The most commonly used applications were having written text analyzed and generating written or spoken text.
The Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) recently announced that the municipality of Amsterdam is discontinuing a pilot with the AI application Microsoft Copilot because of privacy risks. "The results of the DPIA confirm our concerns about the deployment of Microsoft Copilot," said the Amsterdam municipality. "The identified risks mean that this technology cannot be used safely and legally within our organization at this time." Last December, association SURF also advised Dutch educational institutions not to use Copilot.
Click here for CBS' AI Monitor 2024.
Click here for the message from the VNG.
