AI confidence gap is stalling UK small businesses
THE SO WHAT
For UK SMEs, the blocker isn’t models, it’s managerial courage — time, trust, and confidence are the new AI scarcity, not GPUs. Vendors selling “easy AI” into this segment without handholding and guarantees are going to churn hard.
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