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The cited MIT NANDA report uses different denominators than this sentence does.

In the executive summary, it says "95% of organizations are getting zero return" and "Just 5% of integrated AI pilots are extracting millions in value". That is not the same as saying 95% of enterprise AI projects produce no measurable return.

Separately, in the report's pilot-to-production section, MIT NANDA says "only 5% of custom enterprise AI tools reach production" and describes a funnel where about 20% reach pilot stage and 5% reach production. Again, that is a narrower claim about custom enterprise AI tools, not all enterprise AI projects.

So this sentence compresses multiple findings into a broader claim the report itself does not make: it swaps organizations for projects, and it turns a custom-tool production metric into a statement about all enterprise AI work.

The claim says internet access in 1998 was priced by the megabyte, but contemporaneous sources show major consumer internet services were already using flat monthly pricing by then.

• In October 1996, the Los Angeles Times reported that AOL unveiled "$19.95 a month for unlimited Internet access."
• In May 1998, WIRED described AOL as having changed "from an hourly rate to a flat rate" in late 1996.
• In September 1998, the Los Angeles Times reported DSL service available for "$139 a month for unlimited service."

So even if some providers still used hourly caps or other usage limits, the blanket statement that 1998 internet access was priced by the megabyte is incorrect. Major internet access products were already being sold on monthly flat-rate terms by then.