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Where the AI Failure Numbers Come From
A provenance register for the statistics everyone quotes
About to put "95% of AI pilots fail" in a board paper? Three of the five most-quoted AI failure statistics have no study behind them. Here is where each one comes from, what was actually measured — with samples and methods — and one defensible paragraph you can use instead.
Read article →Your Pilot Ran on the Standard Case
Your business runs on the exceptions — and somebody already measured the difference
A 20-step workflow at 95% per-step reliability is correct 36% of the time. Health insurance moved mechanical transactions to 98% and left prior authorization at 31-37%. Why AI pilots demo well and stall in production, with the measured evidence.
Read article →5,023 Articles, 9 Published
Twenty-three defects between a filter and an editor
We hand-picked 9 items from 5,023 scored articles, then rebuilt the same judgment as a system. It matched 8 of our 9 choices — after twenty-three measured defects. What that says about where AI pays off.
Read article →Perplexity vs Counsel
What an architecture gap actually looks like on the same AI-strategy decision
I asked Perplexity and Counsel the same AI-strategy decision. The outputs reveal an architectural gap that no clever prompt can close.
Read article →AI Decision Intelligence for CTOs
Tracking the decisions you can't unmake
Compare AI newsletters, Slack channels, ChatGPT, and analyst reports for tracking AI infrastructure decisions — and where AIssential Counsel fits in.
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