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For nimble SMEs, AI can be a weapon and not a barrier
Size should not stop firms from using AI and, sometimes, the gains can be disproportionate.
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Small and medium-sized enterprises are often nimbler, closer to the ground, and less burdened by sprawling legacy processes. When the foundations are right, they can move fast, says the writer.
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Kok Ping Soon
If you believe the headlines, Singapore small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are destined to lose the AI race – they are too small, too stretched, too slow.
But the more useful question is not whether SMEs are small. It is whether they are ready.
