May 13, 2026
The headline numbers are familiar: 65% of leaders say AI has delivered tangible benefits, and 62% expect to increase investment over the next year. Beneath the optimism, however, the report surfaces a governance gap that should give every organisation pause.
Only 47% of businesses say AI use is controlled by formal processes. Just 28% know what data sources are used to train or deploy their AI tools, down from 35% earlier in the year. And while 51% of leaders are confident in their organisation's ability to provide transparency over AI data sources, the underlying figures suggest that confidence may be misplaced.
Perhaps most telling, BSI's analysis of corporate annual reports found that "transparency" appears twice as prominently as "accountability". Organisations are increasingly comfortable describing what their AI does, but far less clear on who is answerable when it gets things wrong.
At GM61, we are adopting AI widely across our own business, using it to draft and pull together information for review. Our team is being trained to manage AI agents and review their outputs, with a deliberate eye on over reliance, security risk and the business continuity implications of an AI outage. We treat it as a tool that augments our work, not one we hand the keys to.
If you'd be interested in hearing more about how GM61 is approaching AI in our own business, we'd welcome a conversation.
Read the full BSI report here: https://www.bsigroup.com/siteassets/pdf/en/insights-and-media/insights/white-papers/gl-grp-cross-brand-nss-dt-mpd-mp-trustinai-25-report.pdf
