GPT-5.6 did not just raise the ceiling. It arrived enterprise ready. Here is what changes, and how to be prepared for it.
AI readiness costs land in the data estate, not the model budget. Most CFOs are surprised twice.
A survey of 200 enterprises found 73% have ungoverned LLM usage in production-adjacent workflows.
AI budgets are increasingly killed not by the CIO but by the CFO — and not for the reasons vendors think.
Orchestration, not intelligence, is where the next $50B of enterprise spend lands.
AI readiness costs land in the data estate, not the model budget. Most CFOs are surprised twice.
EU AI Act enforcement turned compliance from a checkbox into a procurement gate.
AI budgets are increasingly killed not by the CIO but by the CFO — and not for the reasons vendors think.
"AI budgets are increasingly killed not by the CIO but by the CFO — and not for the reasons vendors think."
"EU AI Act enforcement turned compliance from a checkbox into a procurement gate."
"Most board AI updates show progress."