Gartner: Businesses With AI-Literate Execs Will Perform 20% Better Financially

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Executives who fail to embrace AI may soon fall behind. Businesses with AI-literate leaders will outperform competitors by 20% financially by 2027, according to Gartner’s data and analytics predictions for 2025.

“Unlocking AI’s full business potential requires building executive AI literacy,” the report stated. “They must be educated on AI opportunities, risks and costs to make effective, future-ready decisions on AI investments that accelerate organizational outcomes.”

Additional predictions ranged from the impact of AI on data-driven decision making and board-level decisions to the utility and dangers of synthetic data.

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