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80% -- companies reporting no material bottom line impact from genai for Companies using generative AI (2025)
80% of companies report no material bottom-line impact from generative AI despite adopting it, according to McKinsey's 2025 GenAI Paradox research.
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McKinsey
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https://www.ognibeni.de/content/ending-the-innovation-theater-cycle-why-the-real-ai-danger-isnt-what… ↗
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Ending the Innovation Theater Cycle — Why the Real AI Danger Isn’t What You Think. — BJÖRN OGNIBENI 欧博洋
Ending the Innovation Theater Cycle — Why the Real AI Danger Isn’t What You Think.
Citrini’s AI Doomsday Won’t Happen. What Will Is Worse.
On February 22, 2026, Citrini Research published a scenario — deliberately labeled as such, not a prediction — that briefly moved markets and generated tens of m…
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Companies using generative AI: 80% companies reporting no material bottom line impact from genai. Source: McKinsey (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/genai-no-bottom-line-impact-2025
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