Global AI Confessions Report: CEO Edition 2026
A global reality check on AI risk, control, & accountability from 900 CEOs worldwide
AI is now a defining pressure at the CEO level — influencing compensation, triggering board scrutiny, and determining job security. But behind the momentum, leaders admit they don’t fully trust, control, or own the systems they’re being held accountable for.
Discover the five AI confessions shaping CEO leadership as AI shifts from innovation to accountability at the highest levels of the enterprise, based on a Dataiku/Harris Poll survey of 900 CEOs worldwide.
of CEOs say their role is at risk if they fail to deliver results by the end of 2026.
worry more about over-investing in the wrong AI vendors versus under-investing.
say they as CEO have the greatest influence on their company’s AI strategy.
believe insufficient AI explainability could trigger a customer trust or brand credibility crisis.
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say their job would be at high risk in a scenario where an “AI bubble” bursts.
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