The IT Nerd

Ardoq has published a report: Emerging Technology Adoption 2024: Navigating AI Risks, Rewards and ROI that reveals organizations are risking millions of dollars by taking a trial and error approach to emerging technology investments.

The 2024 Emerging Technology Adoption Report reveals that 61% of CIOs say their investments are often driven by fear of missing out (FOMO), and 69% say predicting the ROI is a ‘finger in the air’ exercise. Four in five argue they have to take risks on emerging technologies or they will ‘go the way of the dinosaurs’.

Unsurprisingly – barely half (53%) of emerging tech adoption projects deliver measurable value. Other key findings of the report include:

• 66% of CIOs say competitors will ‘eat them for lunch’ if they don’t move quickly on AI.
• Yet 65% say AI is the most high-risk technology they’ve ever invested in, and 81% feel a ‘moral pressure’ to get it right.
• 82% of CIOs say it’s easy to ‘AI wash’ products by implementing new capabilities, without necessarily creating any tangible business benefits.
• 89% of CIOs say it’s difficult to maintain visibility and control of risk, and anticipate the impact of evolving regulations in emerging technology adoption projects.
• Nearly half (49%) of CIOs fear there is a risk their company could run into trouble when the EU AI Act comes into force.
• 68% of CIOs say if they didn’t constantly alter course, it’s unlikely any of their emerging technology adoption projects would succeed.

You can read the report here.