The use of artificial intelligence (AI) by Estonian business has been growing, state agency Statistics Estonia says.

The survey, titled "Information technology in enterprises," finds also that the use of data analytics is also growing.

Tiina Pärson, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said: "The most frequently used AI technologies are text mining, machine learning (deep learning), and image recognition."

The use of ChatGPT, the AI-powered chatbot which gained in popularity in the past year was not covered by the current survey as the questionnaire was finalized ahead of the launch of that application, Pärson added.

As of the first quarter of 2023 (Q1 2023), 5 percent of enterprises have used at least one AI technology, 2 percentage points higher than in 2021 when the use of AI was first surveyed by Statistics Estonia in this way.

The use of AI is more common among large enterprises, with more than a fifth of them have using such tech, Statistics Estonia says.