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Responsibility for AI decisions is
governance models required to support
increasingly concentrated within the
that authority are still maturing.
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technology function. When it comes to
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implementation, 59% of our respondents
Concerns about pace underline this
say they are the 昀椀nal decision maker.
tension. Just over half of respondents
This re昀氀ects the expanding scope of
(51%) believe AI implementation within
the role: CIOs are being asked to take
their organisation is moving too fast.
responsibility not only for delivery but also
This is not a signal of resistance or
for the strategic integrity of AI across the
scepticism, but re昀氀ects an awareness
organisation.
that momentum is beginning to outstrip
infrastructure.
However, con昀椀dence in the structures that
support these decisions remains uneven.
More than half of CIOs (55%) lack strong
Only around one in three CIOs (36%)
con昀椀dence that their organisation has a
are extremely con昀椀dent that they have
coherent AI roadmap for the next two to
comprehensive guidance and best practices
three years, and 58% say business units
in place to lead AI initiatives effectively.
and central IT leadership are not fully
CIOs are being positioned as the ultimate
aligned on AI priorities and direction.
authority on AI deployment while
For CIOs, this is a leadership challenge
simultaneously acknowledging that the
rather than a technical one. Unclear
