Why is AI an obsession for business insiders? - Verdict

Business leaders are still worrying about artificial intelligence (AI), but with Facebook pushing hard into the metaverse, augmented reality (AR) has also proven a massive concern for corporate chieftains. The company defines a theme as any issue that keeps chief executives awake at night. In a thematic survey published in October 2021, GlobalData gauged the business community's current sentiment towards emerging technologies that kept executives stirring into the early hours. The research found that AI was the technology perceived as most disruptive in Q3 2021, regaining its position from AR, which, as Verdict previously reported, held the top spot in the previous quarter. This was a sharp increase from the previous quarter when 49% said AI would disrupt their industry.