Stibo Systems Survey Finds 65% of Leaders Recheck AI Outputs

Nov 12, 2026
Stibo Systems says 72% of enterprise leaders trust AI outputs, yet 65% often or always validate or rework them, which it calls a 'trust tax'.

Master data management company Stibo Systems says enterprises are paying twice for AI, according to its Trust Tax report. In its survey, 72% of leaders reported high confidence in AI outputs, but 65% often or always validate, check or rework them before acting.

Four in five respondents spend at least six hours a week preparing, reconciling or validating data for AI and analytics, and only 29% say they can always explain the data behind an AI output. Leaders with high confidence were far more likely to have unified data (93% against 70%) and traceable data (41% against 10%).

Stibo sells data management software, and the report argues that better master data is the fix.

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