February 25, 2026 at 1:43 PM

This week, The Economist published an article on why AI is NOT increasing productivity

The killer quote is

All this signals a deeper flaw in the argument that ai is powering a productivity boom. Such improvements are usually made not just when workers use a new tool more often, but when firms reorganise production around it

My colleague Fanny Kassapian wrote about this challenge: reorganize your operating model or fail to gain any value from your data and AI initiatives.

Read the full article

https://xebia.com/blog/your-data-ai-operating-model-needs-an-update/

GO DEEPER ON THE NUMBERS AT THE ECONOMIST

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/22/the-ai-productivity-boom-is-not-here-yet?giftId=OTlmZTRkMzktZWEzMi00NjM1LWE2ZWYtNjZkNzQyZGQ5N2Zm&utm_campaign=gifted_article

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