The Productivity Institute Research · October 2026

The AI Ambition Gap

New research from The Productivity Institute traces where AI’s gains leak away – and what separates the firms that capture them.

  • Independent research: The Productivity Institute, University of Manchester

  • 50+ studies: evidence across task, job, organisation and economy

  • Practical insights: what the leading firms do to make AI adoption productive

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AI is
everywhere.

69% of firms now use AI.

Productivity
isn't.

Nine in ten executives say productivity hasn’t moved.

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