0-3 months7%
4-6 months43%
6-12 months29%
Longer than 1 year9%
Have not seen a return on our test automation investment6%
Don't know3%
Yes - Maine did the right thing. There are too many security risks with free versions of these tools. Not enough copyright or privacy protections of data.30%
No, but.... - You must have good security and privacy policies in place for ChatGPT (and other GenAI apps). My organization has policies and meaningful ways to enforce those policies and procedures for staff.41%
No - Bans simply don't work. Even without policies, this action hurts innovation and sends the wrong message to staff and the world about our organization.22%
I'm not sure. This action by Maine makes me think. Let me get back to you in a few weeks (or months).6%
Data Governance Institute (DGI)14%
Project Data Institute (PDI)39%
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)35%
No, we use an open source framework8%
No, we use an in-house framework4%
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In the calculation of ROI, you also need to take into consideration coverage. Usually, when doing QA Automation, you also increase coverage of the test cases and this not always taken into consideration.