Supposedly big-brained execs are outsourcing decisionmaking to AI

Most business leaders in the United Kingdom appear to have outsourced a lot of their decisionmaking to machine learning models, according to a survey of 200 suits published by data streaming tools vendor Confluent. /p>

The research, conducted by independent market research agency 3Gem conducted in the second half of 2025 and titled Quick Thinking 2.0, involved 200 owners, founders, CEOs, MDs, and C-level leaders in the private sector. Researchers asked how they used data to support their decisionmaking process and the effect that has on their confidence in those decisions.

The survey showed 62 percent of those surveyed reported using AI to make the majority of their decisions. 70 percent admitted to second-guessing their judgements when their choices conflict with AI's recommendations. 65 percent felt decisionmaking had become less collaborative since adopting AI – a finding that reads like a whodunit resolved by a glimpse in a mirror ...