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Latin America’s AI Adoption Hits a Wall as Scalable Use Remains Elusive

Fresh data shows most corporate deployments fail to scale despite clear gains reported by Mexican SMEs.

Overview

  • At the Loymark Future Ready Summit, a regional report found that 78% of firms say they use AI, yet less than 1% deploy it effectively at scale.
  • The study links weak impact to isolated pilots, trend-driven spending, and diffuse efficiency metrics, and recommends a five-layer model covering reliable data, intelligence services, process orchestration, human oversight, and governance.
  • In Mexico, an AWS–Strand Partners survey reports 64% of SMEs have integrated AI, 83% of adopters saw revenue increases averaging up to 16%, and 88% reported productivity gains.
  • Implementation barriers persist, with decision-makers citing unclear integration paths (40%), insufficient trained staff (27%), and ethical concerns (24%), underscoring the need for structured training.
  • Labor-market forecasts from the World Economic Forum project roughly 170 million new jobs over the next decade, fueling reskilling drives and new programs such as UPC’s AI engineering degree with Google Cloud certifications.