McKinsey Quarterly: Digital Edition

Vol. 62, No. 4

A century of impact | 100

For a while, executives were asking one question about AI: Where’s the value? Lately, they are asking a new one: What’s the bill? Many organizations accelerated AI adoption, but spending on AI went through the roof. Addressing the new economics of AI will become as important as mastering the technology itself. The focus is not on how to cut spending. It is on how to maximize the return on every dollar invested.

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