MIT Finds 95% of Enterprise AI Pilots Fail to Boost Revenues
tech.co, Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
Poor resource allocation and an unavoidable "learning gap" might be keeping generative AI from living up to its promise.
The large majority of generative AI pilot programs deliver little or no measurable impact on company revenues.
That's according to a new MIT report that examined over 300 public corporate AI implementations, surveyed 350 employees, and talked to 150 industry leaders to find that just 5% of AI pilots earn their companies significant growth.
That's a dismal success rate for the highly-hyped generative AI technology, and could easily be considered yet another sign that the AI hype bubble is reaching a tipping point.