AI in Business: British Companies Are Rewriting the Story

British companies are demanding that PR firms call ordinary automation AI. Agency executives are tired of passing off software scripts and management systems as generative intelligence to attract investors and media attention. According to PR staff, the practice replaces facts with stretched claims.

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AI in Business: British Companies Are Rewriting the Story
Source: Guardian. Collage: Hamidun News.
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British companies are increasingly using AI in their marketing, demanding that PR agencies pass off their ordinary automation as artificial intelligence.

How can you tell real AI adoption from marketing?

According to PR staff, companies pass off accounting systems as AI, turning them into 'platforms with AI elements', and ordinary scripts as 'intelligent solutions'. These are stretches rather than facts.

How are companies using AI in marketing?

According to the article, British companies are demanding that PR agencies present ordinary automation as an application of AI. Accounting systems become 'platforms with AI elements', and scripts become 'intelligent' tools.

Key Questions Answered

How can you tell real AI adoption from marketing?

According to PR staff, companies pass off accounting systems as AI, turning them into 'platforms with AI elements', and ordinary scripts as 'intelligent solutions'. These are stretches rather than facts.

How are companies using AI in marketing?

According to the article, British companies are demanding that PR agencies present ordinary automation as an application of AI. Accounting systems become 'platforms with AI elements', and scripts become 'intelligent' tools.

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Zhemal Khamidun — CPO at Alpina Digital, product manager of AlpinaGPT. Building AI products since 2019. Hamidun News is a pet project that grew into a production aggregator with 6,000+ readers.
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