Sources and limits
How we check the evidence on this site.
This page lists every figure used on the site. For each figure, we provide the source, the date checked and what the evidence does not prove. We also list figures we chose not to use and corrections we have made.
Published statistics
Every statistic used on this site
Each row shows the original source, the relevant date and the limits of the evidence. Select a row to read more.
| Number | What the source says | Source | Relevant date | What this does not prove | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56% | 56% of CEOs reported no significant financial benefit from AI to date. | PwC, 29th Global CEO Survey, 19 January 2026 | January 2026 | Self-reported by 4,454 CEOs in 105 countries. It records what chief executives say about financial benefit, not audited financial performance. | View details |
| 700 | Klarna said its assistant handled the work of 700 agents, then rebuilt human support. | Klarna's own announcement, 27 February 2024; subsequent reporting 2024–25 | February 2024, revisited 2025 | The company's own figure, not an audited outcome. It describes message volume on routine queries. Klarna later rebalanced back toward human service, which is the part of the story that matters here. | View details |
| $2.5bn | Microsoft announced $2.5bn and more than 6,000 people to embed its engineers inside customer organisations. | Microsoft corporate blog, 2 July 2026 (Judson Althoff); GeekWire and CNBC, 2 July 2026 | July 2026 | Microsoft would not say whether the sum is new or repurposed spending, or over what period, so no claim is made about either. The 6,000 are drawn primarily from existing teams. Used as a fact about where the industry is spending, never as evidence about what AI can do. | View details |