According to a DOU study, most companies encourage IT professionals to use AI at work. At the same time, a third of professionals purchase paid subscriptions themselves.
According to a DOU study, most companies encourage IT professionals to use AI at work. At the same time, a third of professionals purchase paid subscriptions themselves.
The publication’s survey, which included more than 10,000 IT professionals, indicates that most companies are eager to use AI tools and implement them in projects. 30% of specialists indicated that their companies actively encourage the use of AI, another 32% noted that AI is welcomed, but not required. Only 2% have a ban on the technology.
The use of AI is most often encouraged in service companies (67%). The technology is somewhat less welcomed in startups and outstaffing (65% each), as well as in 60% of product companies.
49% of IT professionals who use AI in their work say their employer provides corporate subscriptions to AI tools for teams. Another 9% said companies reimburse the cost of personal subscriptions. 31% of IT professionals say companies do not reimburse paid subscriptions to AI services.
Enterprise subscriptions are most commonly used by product companies (53% vs. 49% overall), but subscription costs are most commonly reimbursed by startups (12% vs. 9% overall).
Companies that do not work in IT often do not provide money for paid AI tools.
