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stable operating models behind them.
the moment where leadership shifts from
What works in a learning environment
encouraging experimentation to building
does not always survive the demands of
a dependable business capability.
scale, auditability or regulatory scrutiny.
Part of the challenge lies in how AI has
The barriers CIOs identify reinforce this.
grown. Most organisations describe their
The most frequently cited constraint
approach as “learning as we go” (89%).
is not funding, but skills. A lack of
That mindset has fuelled rapid progress,
internal technical capability is holding
lowered barriers to entry and encouraged
back AI ambitions in almost nine
innovation. But it also means that many
out of ten organisations (88%). Data
AI initiatives have developed without
challenges follow closely (87%), alongside
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yet proven its reliability. For CIOs, this is
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