{
  "id": 19473066,
  "title": "Not for domestic consumption",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/not-for-domestic-consumption",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-11T07:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Emerging Europe",
    "slug": "emerging-europe",
    "url": "https://emerging-europe.com/not-for-domestic-consumption/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Central Europe's digital economy is expanding, but many firms are not taking full advantage of it. At the ABSL summit in Wrocław, Janusz Dziurzyński highlighted that the sector generated $48.4 billion in services, employing nearly half a million people and widely using generative AI. However, Eurostat data shows only 8.4% of Polish firms with 10 or more employees used AI in 2025, the second-lowest in the EU. The Polish Economic Institute survey found 55% of micro and small companies considered AI investment unimportant. The OECD's Digital Economy and Society Outlook 2026 notes that while cloud adoption will be uniform across firms by 2030, AI will not, with large firms expected to use AI nearly 80% more than the average firm. The issue lies in skills, and service centers, often foreign-owned, may not transfer AI know-how to local firms. This suggests Central Europe's firms are not driving the digital transformation.",
  "summary": "Central Europe’s digital economy is growing nicely, but few people have noticed that most of its firms are not actually using it. When Janusz Dziurzyński, president of ABSL (the lobby group for Poland’s business services centres), took the stage at the association’s summit in Wrocław in June, he had plenty to boast about. The sector […] Not for domestic consumption was originally published on…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}