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Living with Large Language Models May 13, 2026Skip to content
Malta Digital Skills and Jobs Platform (LISP)
Cegid announced the results of the study ‘The digital transformation of companies in Portugal’, which shows that more than a third of SMEs consider AI and automation as top investment priorities.
The factors that influence the bet on technology are operational efficiency (49%), process systematization (28%) and employee productivity (26%).
Conducted by GfK to more than 650 small and medium-sized national companies from various sectors, the report reveals that 16% of the companies surveyed already use generative AI daily and 19% have the technology integrated with the information of the management software.
On the other hand, automation appears as a top priority for 28% of the companies surveyed. Among these, 69% plan to automate repetitive tasks, which take up about five hours a day per employee.
The study also indicates that 49% of SMEs are ‘more or less in the middle of the process’ of digital transformation, while 19% say they are almost finished or have already completed it. However, 70% admit that they will carry out this process with the specialized support of technology partners.
