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AI data readiness: C-suite fantasy, big IT problem

CIO Business Intelligence

Nearly nine in 10 business leaders say their organizations data ecosystems are ready to build and deploy AI at scale, according to a recent Capital One AI readiness survey. But 84% of the IT practitioners surveyed, including data scientists, data architects, and data analysts, spend at least one hour a day fixing data problems.

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IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

CIO Business Intelligence

Dun and Bradstreet has been using AI and ML for years, and that includes gen AI, says Michael Manos, the companys CTO. Other surveys found a similar gap. In a November report by HR consultancy Randstad, based on a survey of 12,000 people and 3 million job profiles, demand for AI skills has increased five-fold between 2023 and 2024.

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What is a CTO? The exec who sets tech strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

What is a CTO? The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within an organization. What does a CTO do? What does a CTO do? Years ago, the CTO most often led the infrastructure function.

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29% of CDOs don’t see a future in the position

CIO Business Intelligence

Just over 29% of CDOs, chief AI officers, and people with similar jobs surveyed by the Data & AI Leadership Exchange believe the CDO role is a transitional one that will eventually disappear. Nearly 5% of those surveyed say the CDO role has been a failure.

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Cost concerns put CIOs’ AI strategies on edge

CIO Business Intelligence

Questionable outcomes and a lack of confidence in generative AIs promised benefits are proving to be key barriers to enterprise adoption of the technology. Sastry Durvasula, chief operating, information, and digital officer at TIAA, firmly believes consumption-based pricing is the best model for business organizations AI strategies.

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CIOs’ lack of success metrics dooms many AI projects

CIO Business Intelligence

In a September IDC survey , 30% of CIOs acknowledged they didn’t know what percentage of their AI POCs met target KPI metrics or were considered successful. Meanwhile, about 70% of those surveyed by IDC in September said nine of every 10 custom-built AI apps failed to clear the POC stage and go into production.

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CIOs view cost management as possible AI value killer

CIO Business Intelligence

Ninety percent of CIOs recently surveyed by Gartner say that managing AI costs is limiting their ability to get value from AI. In a recent IFS survey of IT decision-makers in industrial and related industries, 82% of respondents say they’re under significant pressure to adopt AI quickly, he notes. “How

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