Why R&D Waste Persists Despite Widespread AI Adoption
Industry
Source: IEEE Spectrum AIPublish time unverified
This report examines R&D waste and how AI adoption has outpaced the intelligence needed to make consequential decisions well. What Attendees will Learn Where R&D budget is lost. More than a third of organizations spend 25 to 40 percent of their R&D budget on projects that never reach market. Why projects fail late. Almost half of teams estimate over one million dollars in wasted investment for each project killed during development or testing. Why AI adoption has not closed the gap.