{
    "statement": "of firms use AI, according to nearly 9,000 senior executives surveyed in the US and six other countries in summer 2026",
    "value_display": "78%",
    "value_numeric": 78,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "Summer 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-08-31",
    "region": "Global",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "NBER working papers",
        "publisher": "National Bureau of Economic Research",
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    },
    "source_url": "https://www.nber.org/papers/w34836",
    "source_quote": "First, 78% of firms use AI, with US firms expecting to spend $2,000 per employee on AI-related expenditures in 2026, implying around $300 billion in aggregate annual firm spending.",
    "verification_note": "Read on nber.org (w34836 \"Firm Data on AI\", issued February 2026, revised October 2026; day not given, first of month used) on 2026-10-23.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
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    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/executives-firms-using-ai-nber",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/executives-firms-using-ai-nber.csv"
}