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Companies fear AI will weaken employees' decision-making ability

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SAP, in collaboration with Oxford Economics, has released 'The Value of AI 2026' report, which details the challenges organizations face with AI adoption, including its impact on employee skills and security risks from unauthorized tools.

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The adoption of artificial intelligence is posing new challenges for organizations, according to The Value of AI 2026 report, prepared by SAP and Oxford Economics. Among the most prominent are the impact of this technology on employees' work capabilities and the effects on company security from the use of unauthorized AI tools. Organizations' main concerns are no longer focused on the technical aspects of AI, but on the consequences its use can have on the way they work. Among the major challenges, they point to differences in AI knowledge levels among employees, the weakening of critical judgment and decision-making ability, the loss of learning acquired on the job, and the unequal distribution of skills related to this technology. "The study confirms something we see daily: companies are piloting AI much faster than they are able to govern it. The leap from pilot to production is not a technological problem: it requires deciding who supervises the AI and what data it works on. And that's where most stop," stated Jorge Pérez, Director of Technology Platform and Data and Artificial Intelligence for Southern Europe at SAP. 79% of companies believe that to get the maximum value from AI, it will be necessary to transform the workforce beyond technical training, while 78% believe that current training programs are not advancing as fast as AI tools. As a result, 66% estimate that...

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Sep 25, 2026
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