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  "claim": "Nearly nine in ten organizations use AI regularly in at least one business function (McKinsey, 2026)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"What share of companies use AI?\" / \"88% of companies use AI\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "McKinsey & Company (QuantumBlack)",
    "title": "The state of AI in 2026: On the road to ROI (Aug. 25, 2026)",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "Nearly nine in ten respondents report regular use of AI in at least one business function, but more organizations are moving from isolated deployments to enterprise-scale adoption: 44 percent now report that AI is scaling across their enterprise, up from 38 percent a year ago",
  "method": "Online survey of 1,719 participants in 97 nations, May 4–June 8, 2026; weighted by each nation's share of global GDP. Respondents are self-selected executives and managers, not a random sample of firms.",
  "drift": [
    "Unit: share of survey respondents, not of all companies",
    "Scope: 'regular use in at least one function' can mean a single chatbot"
  ],
  "interest": "McKinsey sells AI and digital-transformation consulting (QuantumBlack).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "In McKinsey's 2026 global survey of 1,719 executives and managers, nearly nine in ten said their organization regularly uses AI in at least one function, and 44% said AI is scaling across the enterprise.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "McKinsey — The state of AI in 2026",
      "url": "https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Survey fielded May 4–June 8, 2026; published Aug. 25, 2026",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}