CEOs See Little Productivity Gain as AI Adoption Climbs
An NBER survey highlighted by Fortune finds about 90% of CEOs and other top executives in the US, UK, Germany, and Australia say AI has not boosted productivity or employment, even as roughly 70% of firms are using AI; individual executives report only about 1.5 hours of AI use per week. Other studies show mixed ROI, with MIT-style research noting little revenue growth from AI and concerns about burnout and lower-quality work, even as adoption rose from 61% to 71% between early 2025 and early 2026 and executives forecast small productivity gains (about 1.4%) and a modest output rise (0.8%) with a slight employment decline over three years.
