> And to realize meaningful benefits, it's necessary to move past the pilot testing stage, something few companies have managed.

Huh, why not?

> Among the organizations surveyed, the best generative AI initiatives involved governance (standardizing models to ensure alignment, limiting access to generative AI tools based on role, and so on) and cost reduction, both general and administrative (Q&A testing, debugging, code suggestion, and HR help documentation).

Robust implementations work.

Maybe the sub-text here is that most early adopters didn't implement robust implementations, and failed out because of it.

Business leaders assume they need to be showing that they're using $latest_hype to stay relevant.

Experienced business leaders know they need to take a cautious approach and evaluate it well.