Gartner: worldwide AI spending to hit $2.7T this year, up 49.5%
alex_verem · x · 2026-10-20
Sharer calls it "the best article on AI transformation I've read this year": "Why AI transformation doesn't work." Key data: per Gartner's September forecast, worldwide AI spending will hit $2.7 trillion this year, up 49.5% in twelve months; Gartner expanded on the theme at its Orlando CIO conference a month later. The piece analyzes why enterprise AI transformations keep failing.
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