{"id":24779,"date":"2025-10-07T14:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/?p=24779"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:55:17","slug":"how-ready-are-you-to-start-using-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/how-ready-are-you-to-start-using-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"How ready are you to start using AI?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style='position: relative;width: auto;padding: 0 0 56.25%;height: 0;top: 0;left: 0;bottom: 0;right: 0;margin: 0;border: 0 none' id=\"experience-68df9786650f5\" data-aspectRatio=\"1.77777778\" data-mobile-aspectRatio=\"0.83333333\"><iframe allowfullscreen src='https:\/\/view.ceros.com\/sage\/ps-sage-ai-readiness-assesment-quiz' style='position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;bottom: 0;right: 0;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0 none;height: 100%;width: 100%' frameborder='0' class='ceros-experience' title='PS | Sage Ai Readiness Assesment 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