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‘Intelligence may be scalable, but accountability is not’: A new report exposes the hidden cost of the AI agent revolution

Accenture and Wharton mapped AI’s impact across 18 industries, concluding: The smarter your agents get, the more irreplaceable your best humans become.

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FedEx is rolling out AI training to get 400,000 workers ‘promotion-ready’

FedEx is really thinking about how it implements AI – leaders take the time to select tools, and workers offered AI training.

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Is AI the end of consulting? Not likely, says Capgemini's strategy chief

Boards are still more willing to listen to advice from McKinsey than ChatGPT and want Capgemini to implement AI agents

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Melinda French Gates reveals the No.1 question Gen Z needs to ask themselves fresh after graduating: ‘Am I really on the way to where I want to go?’

Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates urges Gen Z to question their career paths and how it's shaping them—and it’s advice shared by top CEOs including AMD’s Lisa Su and Accenture’s Julie Sweet.

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'If you want to get promoted, you've got to do the things that we do': Accenture CEO says failure to use AI will cost workers a promotion—or their job

“If you want to get promoted, you've got to do the things that we do in order to operate Accenture,” Julie Sweet said.

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From Amazon to Klarna: The 10 Major Corporations Leading the ‘AI-First’ Layoff Trend

We’ve all heard it in recent years: artificial intelligence is coming for your job. While most of us shrugged it off (because ChatGPT was still...

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This Dividend Stock Yields 3.1% and Offers Massive Upside: Time to Buy?

Accenture's dividend yield is over 3.1%, and the stock offers strong upside potential. Is it a buy?

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Ziff Davis's $1.2B Deal: A Masterclass in Unlocking Value

Ziff Davis proved the deep intrinsic value of its assets by selling its Connectivity division for a price that exceeded its entire market capitalization.

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The Late-Stage Bull Market Is a Buying Opportunity for Tech

Tech's retreat signals a mature but ongoing bull market. With some stocks firmly oversold, analysts see value in the sector otherwise known for its growth.

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OpenAI signs up the world's biggest consultancy firms to help roll out ChatGPT to enterprises

Accenture, BCG, Capgemini and McKinsey will be OpenAI Frontie partners to help enterprises with agentic AI.

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Companies are doubling down on AI - despite market warnings

Most businesses expect to invest in AI, however workers need to be upskilled and jobs need to be redefined.

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Last year, Accenture trained 550,000 workers in AI—now it’s warning senior staff to use it or don’t get promoted

Bosses have long warned staff to come to grips with AI. Now, companies like Accenture, KPMG, and Ring are tying employees’ AI usage to their future success and remuneration.

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OpenAI partners with McKinsey, BCG, Accenture, and Capgemini to push its Frontier AI agent platform

The new alliances heap further pressure on SaaS vendors such as Salesforce, Microsoft, Workday, and ServiceNow.

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Accenture tells workers getting a promotion will require “regular adoption” of AI

Accenture will be using 'AI usage' as a metric to inform its decision on employee promotions.

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Accenture ‘links staff promotions to use of AI tools’

Consulting firm keen to increase uptake of technology and is reportedly monitoring adoption by workforce

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Telstra joint venture to axe more than 200 jobs amid AI rollout

Some jobs will be moved offshore in wake of telco’s $700m partnership with tech consultancy Accenture

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Wall Street Is Cozying Up to Palantir Stock After Q4. Does That Make PLTR a Buy Here?

Wall Street is finally warming to Palantir after a blowout Q4 that delivered 70% revenue growth, 57% adjusted operating margins, and multiple analyst upgrades, but the stock still suffers from valuation concerns.

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Welcome to the ‘skills mismatch economy’: The shift from roles to skills is making your résumé—and your job title—worthless

Wharton and Accenture partnered on a huge “skills index” that crunched data on 100 million job postings. They found a “striking and persistent disconnect.”

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The calculated career risks that led a BNY executive to the C-suite of America’s oldest bank

In a CEO search, small moments can end a candidacy instantly.

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Wharton’s great contrarian says AI isn't an easy excuse to cut jobs—or easy at all: 'The key thing ... is just how much work is involved in doing it'

Peter Cappelli says headcount will (eventually) go down, with a human in the loop, and productivity will go up. But "it's hugely expensive to do this."

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As millions of Gen Zers face unemployment, CEOs of Amazon, Walmart, and McDonald's say opportunity is still there—if you have the right mindset

From Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to Amazon boss Andy Jassy, Fortune 500 leaders have shared their advice for workers to thrive in today’s shaky job market.

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2025: the year sustainability didn’t die

Even with all the challenges of 2025, sustainability managed to sustain in 2025.

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Is AI really killing finance and banking jobs? Experts say Wall Street’s layoffs may be more hype than takeover—for now

“I think there’s a little bit of smoke and mirrors there,” said NYU Stern’s Robert Seamans.

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Accenture exec gets real on transformation: 'the data and AI strategy is not a separate strategy, it is the business strategy'

"Think about the people and the culture," Accenture's Chief Responsible AI Officer Arnab Chakraborty told Fortune. "It is so paramount."

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Inflation Data, AI Earnings and Other Can't Miss Items this Week

Markets enter a critical week still reeling from Friday's sharp selloff in technology and AI stocks following disappointing reactions to Oracle and Broadcom earnings that raised questions about AI infrastructure spending sustainability and return on massive capital investments. Here are 5 things to watch this week in the Market.

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