Manila, Oct. 14 -- Businesses' artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in the Philippines continued to accelerate this year, based on the results of a study conducted by research firm Strand Partners and commissioned by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

In a virtual briefing on Wednesday, AWS country manager Precious Lim said the Unlocking the Philippines' AI Potential 2026 results showed that 32 percent of 396,000 businesses now use AI.

This figure is up from 21 percent a year ago.

The research is based on a survey of 1,000 Philippine business leaders and 1,000 nationally representative members of the public.

Results of the study showed that 70 percent of AI adopters remain focused on basic uses, such as publicly available chatbots, routine p...