AI devours a fifth of companies' IT budgets
computerworld.com
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> 45% of AI decision-makers state that investments must yield a positive return within one year to be considered successful.
In other words, “Layoffs soon probably”
Actual article: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/21/ai-will-eat...
Actual source: https://www.stateof.ai/2026-explore/
(Hint: It's never the register, I'm sorry if you work there)
This makes sense. It will take awhile before business processes have AI fully integrated.