‘AI washing’: firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused
UK companies are stretching to label themselves as AI specialists to ride the technology's wave, according to PR executives who say they are forced to pitch ordinary automation as AI.
PR executives say UK companies are forcing them to present ordinary automation as artificial intelligence
UK companies are performing “yoga-level” stretches to describe themselves as AI specialists in an attempt to capitalise on the buzz around the technology, public relations firms have said.
Weary communications executives tasked with securing media coverage for brands have complained that bosses in low-tech industries or running businesses that use automation but not generative AI, are increasingly demanding they are pitched to journalists as artificial intelligence companies.
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