CIOs’ AI confidence yet to match results

CIOs' AI Confidence Yet to Match Results

A large percentage of IT and business leaders believe their AI efforts will meet or exceed expectations, but only a small number have successfully deployed projects so far.

A survey from AIOps observability provider Riverbed found that 88% of technical specialists and business and IT leaders believe their organizations will meet or exceed AI expectations, despite only 12% currently having AI in enterprise-wide production.

95% of gen AI pilot projects fail, according to a recent report from MIT.

The Riverbed survey suggests that enthusiasm for AI is significantly outpacing the ability to deliver, with most organizations having a long road ahead to successfully deploy AI projects.

Author's summary: CIOs' confidence in AI exceeds actual deployment results.

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CIO CIO — 2025-10-14