MIT’s NANDA initiative interviewed 150 business leaders, surveyed 350 employees, and analyzed 300 public AI deployments to come to the conclusion that 95% of generative AI deployments fail to generate any measurable business value.

It looks like productivity gains may be coming from layoffs and having people do more work for the same pay and not AI.

https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/?itm_source=parsely-api

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.

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