Corporate researchers are optimistic about AI’s potential
Almost all respondents think AI will drive knowledge discovery in their field, and 71% say the impact will be transformative or significant. Most respondents also believe AI will realize cost savings for businesses (93%) and free up their time to focus on higher value projects (85%). For researchers who believe AI can benefit their areas of work, 98% say they are likely to use it to generate syntheses of research articles and 93% are likely to use it to identify gaps in knowledge and generate new research hypotheses.