Behind the hype of generative AI, large companies are struggling to deploy the new technology — hitting cost and data management hurdles that are leaving many of their generative AI projects stuck in pilot phase.
Why it matters: Companies remain optimistic overall about the boost in productivity promised bygenerative AI — but achieving the technology's potential is taking longer and costing more than many initially expected.
Tech companies are confronting a challenge: how to balance asking users for more data in order to deliver new AI features without scaring away privacy-conscious businesses and consumers.
Why it matters: Consumersconsistently tell pollsters they want transparency about when AI is used and trained. But when companies provide such detail, it's often written in legalese and buried in fine printthat is often being rewritten to give tech companies more rights.
