AI has brought almost no benefits to companies: More than 4,000 CEOs have spoken |Hardware Improvement

A PvC survey of more than 4,400 CEOs shows mixed results for AI adoption.Only 12% see full benefit between revenues and costs, while 55% see no benefit

AI brings almost no benefit to businesses. More than 4,000 CEOs speak out.

A PwC survey of more than 4,400 executives shows mixed results for AI adoption.Only 12% see a complete benefit between revenue and costs, while 55% see no benefit at all

by Vittorio Rienzo published on January 21, 2026, at 6:21 pm on web channels Artificial intelligence is often presented as a technology capable of increasing productivity and reducing operating costs.However, a recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) highlights a more complex picture than expected.

The survey surveyed 4,454 CEOs and shows that only 12% of companies have realized the full benefits of increasing revenue and reducing costs from adopting AI.Another 13% experienced a decrease in revenue with no change in revenue, while 8% saw an increase in earnings with no impact on expenses.In total, only one-third of companies have achieved concrete value using artificial intelligence.

However, the most relevant data concerns the 55% of companies that have not yet achieved measurable benefits.Within this group, 42% reported no change, 12% reported increased costs without sales growth, and 1% reported the most negative results with increased costs and decreased sales.Another 12% experienced the contrast effect, where costs and revenue canceled each other out, negating the overall benefit.

According to PwC, these differences depend above all on the level of preparation of the companies.Mohamed Kande, global president of the network, highlights how data quality, well-defined AI strategies, responsible use rules and an adoption-oriented organizational culture bring better results.

The report also highlights that only 14% of workers use generative AI tools on a daily basis.These data suggest that diffusion is still limited, with many employees who may not be fully aware of the benefits and risks associated with these technologies.

PwC research therefore confirms that the limits to growth remain significant, provided that AI is integrated reliably and consciously.At the same time, the data remains consistent with the findings of MIT which recently shared a study on the subject.

As shown, the introduction of artificial intelligence did not lead to an increase in productivity.Especially in specialized fields like programming, it has been found that artificial intelligence has made programmers even lazier and less productive.

In this regard, in the last few hours, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who believes that generative artificial intelligence is actually "on the razor's edge", sounded the alarm.According to the manager, if the artificial intelligence industry does not demonstrate tangible benefits that justify the large investment of resources, public support for this innovation may soon disappear.

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You have to interview ChatGPT, Nvidia, memory manufacturers...

It certainly benefits THOSE companies

This was a very simple case of early adoption gone wrong.

We just had to wait for the technology to be mature enough.

But...unfortunately, this trick already worked just enough to fool non-experts...and the regular script kids immediately turned into pro-everything tech bros like in the NFT era.

....Usually INCOOL8 are always mere mortals who fall for it....

I follow Palantir. We are at the beginning of the revolution https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PLTR

first you short those companies or unknowingly buy a short product on the nasdaq :P

Then we actively enter the industry, why?

It's easier to redistribute capital to manufacturing and agriculture, tariffs limit imports, and there's an America that needs to be rebuilt (dams, highways, the Centennial Bridge standing with spit).The Trump/Vance policies are Rooseveltian, so we will be laying the foundation stone of major public works in the second year of his presidency, taking advantage of the fact that national debt growth has slowed for the first time in 50 years.

I'll add something about politics, I'll try it...NY Mayor Pro Pal Zohran Mamdani is openly anti-Trump...but he's been on the phone for 15 days, public housing (Google: social housing Mamdani) which will be partially in Trump's pocket, because his company got the contract.

What idiots on the left

Bubble Trouble: The AI ​​Bubble Threatens Silicon Valley and All of UsSilicon Valley is about artificial intelligence.

I hope this time they don't trade public money for private companies like the banks did after the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis.

I think the world is moving a little fast, it would be nice if you could slow down and take a breath at least once in a while.

I think the world is moving so fast, it would be better to slow down a little and take a breath at least once.

Yes, artificial intelligence, a misleading name, is a young discipline.The problem is that LLMs, or probabilistic models, are one of the N's in machine learning, declared to be considered artificial intelligence.They were snake oil salesmen, if they told the truth there was no problem.

Watch the story and many things will become clear...

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