Top economist warns AI is giving ‘zero financial payoff’ to many firms - and warns 'mainstream corporate America is pulling back' on AI spending
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If mainstream corporates are seeing "zero financial payoff" and starting to pull back on AI spend, the era of experimentation budgets is closing. Vendors and internal teams need to ship projects with measurable P&L impact in 6–12 months or expect reprioritization away from AI as a default line item.
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