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Expectations are mounting for HR to spearhead AI adoption across the enterprise, yet many organizations are still in the early stages of integration and lack sufficient resources—putting added pressure on the people function.
In HR Executive’s annual What’s Keeping HR Up at Night? research conducted this fall with data from nearly 400 HR and tech professionals, the appetite for AI in the workplace is clear: Almost 65% of respondents said their organizations rolled out new AI applications in the last year, a marked jump from the 38% who said they launched AI tools in 2024.
This year, 45% of respondents said their new AI uses were both in HR and across the organization, while 15% delivered new AI just in HR and 6% just for employees.
Yutaka Takagi, principal product evangelist at HCM provider isolved, told HR Executive at the firm’s recent Connect for People Heroes event that the expectations for AI in HR and across enterprises are unprecedented. It’s a topic that’s on every HR professional’s mind today—even those who haven’t made progress on bringing the tech into their organization.
“Even those people who are avoiding it are actively avoiding it,” he says. “But if you’re not going to
