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</html><description>The most rigorous international study of firm-level AI impact to date has landed, and its headline finding is more constructive than many expected. Across nearly 6,000 verified executives in four countries, AI has delivered modest aggregate shifts in productivity or employment over the past three years. The measured impact reflects the early phases of deployment [&#x2026;] The post AI: Executives&#x2019; optimism about the future appeared first on AI News.</description></oembed>
