If there’s any doubt that mainframes will have a place in the AI future, many organizations running the hardware are already planning for it. While the 60-year-old mainframe platform wasn’t created to run AI workloads, 86% of business and IT leaders surveyed by Kyndryl say they are deploying, or plan to deploy, AI tools or applications on their mainframes. Moreover, in the near term, 71% say they are already using AI-driven insights to assist with their mainframe modernization efforts. Running AI on mainframes as a trend is still in its infancy, but the survey suggests many companies do not pl…