In this episode of The AI Executive Brief, host Stephen Forte covers three interconnected stories shaping enterprise AI in early 2026: the widening gap between AI investment and measurable results, a critical regulatory deadline on March 11 that every compliance team needs to know about, and new security research showing that every enterprise AI system has critical vulnerabilities — many exploitable in under 16 minutes.

1. The AI ROI Crisis

1. PwC 29th Annual Global CEO Survey — 56% of 4,450 CEOs report neither higher revenues nor lower costs from AI
2. MIT Generative AI Divide Study — 95% of enterprise AI pilots deliver no measurable P&L impact
3. McKinsey — only 1% of organizations consider themselves mature in AI deploym ...