This infographic is based on Artificial Intelligence in Business Gets Real: Pioneering Companies Aim for AI at Scale, a report by the MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group, September 2018. In addition to fielding a survey of 3,000 executives worldwide, we conducted more than 35 interviews and a separate survey with more than 300 respondents in China. For more insights, please visit AI at Scale: The Next Frontier in Digital Transformation.


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