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88% of AI pilots fail to reach production — but that’s not all on IT

CIO Business Intelligence

Half of the organizations have adopted Al, but most are still in the early stages of implementation or experimentation, testing the technologies on a small scale or in specific use-cases, as they work to overcome challenges of unclear ROI, insufficient Al-ready data and a lack of in-house Al expertise. Its going to vary dramatically.

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10 AI strategy questions every CIO must answer

CIO Business Intelligence

The time for experimentation and seeing what it can do was in 2023 and early 2024. So the organization as a whole has to have a clear way of measuring ROI, creating KPIs and OKRs or whatever framework theyre using. What ROI will AI deliver? Both types of projects deserve attention, even as many CIOs still struggle to find ROI.

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Enterprises willing to spend up to $250 million on gen AI, but ROI remains elusive

CIO Business Intelligence

Leaders are putting real dollars behind agents, but with mounting pressure to demonstrate ROI, getting the value story right is critical. High expectations, but ROI challenges persist Despite significant investments, only 31% of organizations expect to measure generative AIs return on investment in the next six months.

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6 keys to genAI success in 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

While genAI has been a hot topic for the past couple of years, organizations have largely focused on experimentation. Its the year organizations will move their AI initiatives into production and aim to achieve a return on investment (ROI). Track ROI and performance. In 2025, thats going to change.

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Companies to shift AI goals in 2025 — with setbacks inevitable, Forrester predicts

CIO Business Intelligence

As they look to operationalize lessons learned through experimentation, they will deliver short-term wins and successfully play the gen AI — and other emerging tech — long game,” Leaver said. Their top predictions include: Most enterprises fixated on AI ROI will scale back their efforts prematurely.

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Digital transformation 2025: What’s in, what’s out

CIO Business Intelligence

Driving a curious, collaborative, and experimental culture is important to driving change management programs, but theres evidence of a backlash as DEI initiatives have been under attack , and several large enterprises ended remote work over the past two years.

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CIOs to spend ambitiously on AI in 2025 — and beyond

CIO Business Intelligence

While the ROI of any given AI project remains uncertain , one thing is becoming clear: CIOs will be spending a whole lot more on the technology in the years ahead. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform are enabling the massive amount of gen AI experimentation and planned deployment of AI next year, IDC points out.

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