71% of executives report AI-driven productivity gains.

Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) reported 46% productivity gains after adopting AI.

Organizations in India, Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (IMETA) report the highest productivity gains (81%) after adopting AI.

Among analysts, only 10% trust in AI autonomy.

44% of North American organizations report improvements in productivity due to AI.

Only 22% of analysts agree that AI has significantly improved productivity across their security teams.

56% of security teams report that AI has improved productivity in threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR).

37% of organizations report workforce reductions tied to automation.

The United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe (UKIE) reported 60% productivity gains after adopting AI.

18% of organizations are expanding hiring for roles focused on AI governance, automation oversight, and data protection.

Only 29% of teams trust AI to act on its own.

The percentage of companies integrating AI into at least one business function has dramatically increased to 72% in 2024, up 55% from the previous year.

51% of financial services firms block open-access AI tools entirely.

Over 60% of financial services firms anticipate using more sophisticated AI tools by 2030.

52% of financial services firms report using preliminary AI tools for tasks such as information retrieval and data enrichment.

50% of financial services firms don't factor AI capabilities into vendor evaluations

70%+ of financial services firms have formal AI usage policies.

Closed-source AI (e.g., Gemini) is more popular (41%) than open-source (e.g., ChatGPT at 32%) with financial services firms.

47% of financial services firms take a "learn as I go" approach to AI education.

43% of financial services firms are concerned about bias in AI-generated outputs.