波士顿咨询（BCG）：2026英国万亿英镑 AI 经济机遇报告：落地策略决定价值释放（英文版）（14页）.pdf

1、ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEThe UKs 1 Trillion AIOpportunity Dependson Getting AdoptionRightBy Raoul Ruparel,Kirsten Rulf,Helena Carmody Fox,Erika Williams,and Alice von WedelARTICLE JUNE 06,2026To fully realise the potential productivity gains from artificial intelligence(AI)for the UK economy,it must b

2、e adopted in the right way.The UK cannotrepeat the failure to fully diffuse new technologies and best practice,as hasoften been the case in the past.The right kind of adoption also means not just speed and breadth ofadoption,but also depth.This requires moving beyond adopting horizontaloff-the-shelf

3、 tools to utilising vertical or custom AI tools(those that aredomain-specific and/or reshape workflows)and deeply integrating them intobusinesses.This involves true innovation and leadership development aswell as complementary intangible capital investments such as reshapingworkflows,upskilling work

4、ers and reorganising processes to reflect new waysof operating.On the surface,the UK performs well when it comes to overall AI usage.Thisis a good base to build from,but we see two challenges in business adoption.First,it is too narrow,confined to only the largest and most productive firms.Second,it

5、 is too shallow:even those that are adopting AI often arent doingso in the right way.Executive Summary2026 Boston Consulting Group1A significant part of the UKs long-running challenge of low productivity growth is down to the lackof diffusion(spread)of best practice,new technologies,and innovation f

6、rom the most productiveOur new economic modelling highlights the benefits of getting this right.Broad use of off-the-shelf tools could add around 400 billion to GDP over adecade,lifting labour productivity by about 0.3 points a year.Adding deeper,workflow-integrated vertical or custom AI tools in th