Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
What the survey says, and what it does not On 11 May 2026, CNBC published a piece titled "Do you need a chief AI officer?", drawing on the IBM Institute for Business Value 2026 CEO study. The headline number is striking: 76% of more than 2,000 organisations surveyed have established the office of the chief AI officer (CAIO), up from roughly 26% in 2025. The study sampled around 2,000 chief executives across 33 geographies and 21 industries. Before anyone reorganises their C-suite around a press release, it is worth being precise about what that figure does and does not establish. It tells us that creating the role has become extremely common, very quickly. It does not tell us that those roles are effective, that they have budget and authority, or that the organisations appointing them are…
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