You might have heard that 95% of corporate AI pilots are failing. It was a widely cited AI statistic in 2025, repeated by media outlets and commentators everywhere. It helped trigger a Nasdaq selloff and became a pillar of the "AI is overhyped" case. The problem: 95% fail is 100% wrong.
The real finding, once you read the underlying MIT report carefully, points in roughly the opposite direction:
None of that made the headlines. Nor did the fact that the study’s authors are all developing or selling the "agentic AI framework" technology the report recommends as the solution to this supposed epidemic of failing AI.
Host Rob Wiblin breaks down how an opaque, conflicted, barely scrutinised report carrying the MIT label managed to move markets and shape global opinions on AI’s real-world utility.
Learn more, video, and full transcript: https://80k.info/mit-ai-study
This episode was recorded on February 13, 2026.
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