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>why do you think all the LLM companies are trying to force these tools through corporate mandates that have been falling Ironically if you actually read that
by WarmWash 8mo ago
>why do you think all the LLM companies are trying to force these tools through corporate mandates that have been falling
Ironically if you actually read that study, the "MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing", they found that almost everyone was using AI tools they paid for.
>While official enterprise initiatives remain stuck on the wrong side of the GenAI
Divide, employees are already crossing it through personal AI tools. This "shadow AI" often
delivers better ROI than formal initiatives and reveals what actually works for bridging the
divide.
Behind the disappointing enterprise deployment numbers lies a surprising reality: AI is
already transforming work, just not through official channels. Our research uncovered a
thriving "shadow AI economy" where employees use personal ChatGPT accounts, Claude
subscriptions, and other consumer tools to automate significant portions of their jobs, often
without IT knowledge or approval.
The scale is remarkable. While only 40% of companies say they purchased an official LLM
subscription, workers from over 90% of the companies we surveyed reported regular use of
personal AI tools for work tasks. In fact, almost every single person used an LLM in some
form for their work. In many cases, shadow AI users reported using LLMs multiples times a day every day of their weekly workload through personal tools, while their companies' official AI initiatives remained stalled in pilot phase [1]
If you want to avoid info bubbles, read the reports, not just headlines and comments.
[1]https://mlq.ai/media/quarterly_decks/v0.1_State_of_AI_in_Business_2025_Report.pdf https://mlq.ai/media/quarterly_decks/v0.1_State_of_AI_in_Bus... Section 3.3