--- title: A quarter of the S&P now claims measurable AI benefits description: Morgan Stanley's analysis of S&P 500 earnings call transcripts shows 25% of companies cited measurable AI benefits in Q2 2026, up from 14% a year prior. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-quarter-of-the-s-p-now-claims-measurable-ai-benefits-bs5n0hcgm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A quarter of the S&P now claims measurable AI benefits | daily.dev og:description: Morgan Stanley's analysis of S&P 500 earnings call transcripts shows 25% of companies cited measurable AI benefits in Q2 2026, up from 14% a year prior. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-quarter-of-the-s-p-now-claims-measurable-ai-benefits-bs5n0hcgm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Bs5n0hcGM.png og:image:alt: A quarter of the S&P now claims measurable AI benefits og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A quarter of the S&P now claims measurable AI benefits **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Morgan Stanley's analysis of S&P 500 earnings call transcripts shows 25% of companies cited measurable AI benefits in Q2 2026, up from 14% a year prior. The bank projects ~100 basis points of net margin expansion through 2027 from AI adoption. However, the piece raises skepticism: earnings calls are marketing, and citing AI benefits costs nothing. Independent data from the UK's ONS shows AI adoption widening but not deepening, and research identifies a 'workslop' pattern where AI output creates cleanup work that offsets time saved. Meanwhile, chip stocks (Micron, AMD) fell sharply, with the Philadelphia semiconductor index 21% below its June record. The core question remains whether AI investment will translate into real productivity gains for the broader economy, or whether the 'adopter rotation' is simply a forecast dressed as evidence. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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