Not all AI projects will be winners.
So CIOs must apply “fail fast” principles to their AI initiatives, deciding as quickly as possible when a promising idea is just not going to pan out.
That’s easier said than done. The MIT report “State of AI in Business 2025” found that 95% of 153 senior leaders surveyed “are getting zero return.”
To understand how CIOs decide when to stop an AI project, we asked two IT leaders: What is the specific red flag that tells you an AI pilot has become a sunk cost and needs to be killed? Both identified clear,…

