{"id":16975,"date":"2026-07-01T08:22:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/?p=16975"},"modified":"2026-07-03T09:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:27:59","slug":"a-successful-pilot-but-no-scaling-the-ai-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/en\/news\/a-successful-pilot-but-no-scaling-the-ai-dilemma","title":{"rendered":"A Successful Pilot, but No Scaling: The AI Dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16975\" class=\"elementor elementor-16975 elementor-16963\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10ab7d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10ab7d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div 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In Report+ magazine (Issue 06\/2026), Angela Heissenberger and Martin Szelgrad explain why the transition to full-scale operation is so rarely successful: Clean test data gives way to fragmented, outdated datasets in everyday use; implicit business rules cause digital confusion; and two identical queries suddenly yield two different AI responses. moresophy Managing Director Heiko Beier sums it up in the article: Minor inaccuracies that are tolerable in the pilot phase become significant as soon as decisions are processed automatically.  <\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16966 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Magazine-Mockup-2-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Magazine-Mockup-2-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Magazine-Mockup-2-300x200.png 300w, 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