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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Joanna Partridge

Accenture ‘links staff promotions to use of AI tools’

Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture, speaks at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi, India, on 19 February.
Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture, at an AI summit in Delhi, India, on 19 February. The company previously said it had trained 550,000 of its 780,000 workforce in generative AI. Photograph: Rajat Gupta/EPA

Accenture has reportedly started tracking staff use of its AI tools and will take this into consideration when deciding on top promotions, as the consulting company tries to increase uptake of the technology by its workforce.

The company told senior managers and associate directors that being promoted to leadership roles would require “regular adoption” of artificial intelligence, according to an internal email seen by the Financial Times.

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