{"id":115562,"date":"2026-02-17T09:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/?post_type=insights&#038;p=115562"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:47:37","slug":"uk-ai-pulse-down-three-points","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/insights\/news\/uk-ai-pulse-down-three-points\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u00a0AI Pulse down\u00a0three\u00a0points in January as\u00a0sceptics\u00a0force\u00a0confidence\u00a0to fall\u00a0to lowest level\u00a0in five months"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"115562\" class=\"elementor elementor-115562\" data-elementor-post-type=\"insights\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fe9c3d5 gg-article-content gg-standard-article-template gg-simple-text gg-container-tiny elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fe9c3d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17daaf29\" data-id=\"17daaf29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7db6c93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7db6c93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><em>Scepticism knocks\u00a0three\u00a0points off\u00a0UK\u00a0AI Pulse score\u00a0in January\u00a0(month-on-month)<\/em><\/li><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><em>Driven by an\u00a0eight-point\u00a0fall in\u00a0UK leader\u2019s\u00a0levels\u00a0of excitement\u00a0about the opportunities AI brings\u00a0(Dec: 78%, Jan: 70%)\u00a0<\/em><\/li><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><em>And,\u00a0a four-point hit to confidence\u00a0in their\u00a0organisation\u2019s ability to successfully use AI\u00a0(Dec 80%, Jan 76%)\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><em>Six out of ten (59%) share concern about the accuracy and quality of data in AI tools<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c4f0f8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c4f0f8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>London, UK, 17 Februry 2026, <\/strong><strong>Expleo<\/strong> &#8211; <span class=\"TextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">Th<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">e latest\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW63078816 BCX8\">Expleo<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">\u00a0AI Pulse suggests\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">scepticism is growing among\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">UK\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">business\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">leaders\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">as overall<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">\u00a0sentiment fell\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">hree\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">points in January to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">6<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">8<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">. Th<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">e<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">\u00a0shift is coupled with a g<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63078816 BCX8\">rowing concern about reliability, with six in ten respondents questioning the accuracy and quality of data generated by AI tools.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW63078816 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f20099 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f20099\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai-pulse_gaugeface_2026-01_uk_inpage-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-115528\" alt=\"Illustration of a brain-shaped gauge showing a score of 68 on a scale from &quot;worried&quot; to &quot;confident,&quot; with &quot;AI Pulse&quot; label and a smiling man with glasses on the right, set on a purple background with wave graphics.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai-pulse_gaugeface_2026-01_uk_inpage-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai-pulse_gaugeface_2026-01_uk_inpage-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai-pulse_gaugeface_2026-01_uk_inpage-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai-pulse_gaugeface_2026-01_uk_inpage.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bee78b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bee78b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW226870842 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW226870842 BCX8\">Expleo\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226870842 BCX8\">\u00a0AI Pulse<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226870842 BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226870842 BCX8\">tracks four measures of business sentiment towards AI in the UK: worry, excitement, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226870842 BCX8\">trust<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226870842 BCX8\">\u00a0and confidence. It gauges sentiment on an index from zero (very worried) to one hundred (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226870842 BCX8\">very confident<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226870842 BCX8\">), showing how attitudes shift as organisations move from early experimentation towards more embedded, operational use.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW226870842 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/insights\/campaigns\/the-expleo-ai-pulse\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">UK sentiment score<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for January is\u00a068\u00a0down\u00a0from 71 in\u00a0December, showing the biggest single month fall in confidence\u00a0from the September high of 78.*\u00a0In addition, to the core sentiment tracker questions, respondents were also asked\u00a0how concerned\u00a0they are\u00a0about the accuracy\/quality of data\u00a0they\u00a0receive from AI tools in\u00a0their\u00a0day-to-day work\u00a0with six out of ten (59%) confirming their worries.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Beyond the dip in overall score and concerns around quality of data, the overall trend remains broadly optimistic with 76% of leaders having confidence in their organisations\u2019 ability to use AI successfully, 77% trust their organisation to use AI ethically and just 30% saying they are worried about how the tech will transform their working lives. Additionally, most UK respondents continue to see AI as primarily beneficial to business (68%), with just 13% viewing it as a risk.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Together, the\u00a0latest tracker scores\u00a0point to\u00a0a shift toward a more sceptical view,\u00a0where leaders still back AI\u2019s value but are paying closer attention to the quality of the output.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"gg-bold-text\">Jeff Hoyle, <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW250446128 BCX8\">EVP and MD UK &amp; North America at\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW250446128 BCX8\">Expleo<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW250446128 BCX8\">, said:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\">January\u2019s results point to a shift in expectations among UK leaders. As\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\">challenges with embedding\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\">AI\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\">into<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\">\u00a0day-to-day operations<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\">\u00a0continue to be a feature, many\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\">organisations are asking tougher questions about the quality of the data behind AI and the confidence they can place in the results.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\">That scrutiny reflects a more\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\">sceptical\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\">approach to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114252480 BCX8\">AI that could start to affect investment decisions in the technology.\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW114252480 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW77644766 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW77644766 BCX8\">Cybersecurity\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW77644766 BCX8\">remains<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW77644766 BCX8\">\u00a0part of that scrutiny. Just over half of UK respondents (51%) say they are worried about the cybersecurity risks associated with AI, slightly lower than in December, reinforcing the focus on strong controls as organisations look to deploy AI more confidently and at greater scale.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW77644766 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"gg-bold-text\">Hoyle added:<\/span> <em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW176163165 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW176163165 BCX8\">\u201cWith AI becoming more widely used, confidence depends on having the right safeguards in place. Organisations want assurance that new capabilities can be introduced without increasing risk, and that requires a clear focus on security<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW176163165 BCX8\">\u00a0and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW176163165 BCX8\">\u00a0governance<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW176163165 BCX8\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW176163165 BCX8\">\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW176163165 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d43332f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d43332f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-size-default\">United Kingdom<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e4a40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70e4a40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The UK continues to be the most \u2018confident\u2019 country surveyed, however, January 2026 marks its biggest overall decline with a three-point drop month-on-month, taking its confidence score below 70 for the first time at 68.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c02f020 elementor-widget elementor-widget-mixed_chart\" data-id=\"c02f020\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"mixed_chart.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div role=\"img\" 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data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It takes in the views of\u00a0600\u00a0business leaders\u00a0across\u00a0UK,\u00a0France\u00a0and Germany<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" 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