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Accenture's Vivek Luthra says most companies use AI agents as an assistant or an advisor, and not as programs able to handle things on their own.

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Here’s where to find the winners as artificial intelligence transitions from an emerging technology to an adolescent one.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock is trending on Thursday. The company announced it expanded its collaboration with Accenture (NYSE:ACN).

Artificial intelligence is poised to transform labor-heavy industries such as consulting, accounting, and legal services—sectors worth an estimated $5 trillion globally—by enabling software-like margins and reducing dependence on human labor, Mayfield Managing Director Navin Chaddha told TechCrunch.

Accenture says AI’s carbon surge can be avoided—but as Big Tech races to build ever-larger data centers, the question is whether anyone’s really trying.

Seldom in the spotlight, the IT major’s partnership with Palantir may be the catalyst that its stock needs.

IBM stock has gained big off the back of its Gen AI success. But, Wall Street sees more upside in Accenture, whose Gen AI business grew 50% faster last quarter.

Accenture PLC reported higher free cash flow (FCF) and raised its FCF guidance for this year. This implies that ACN stock remains 20% undervalued. One way to play this is short out-of-the-money puts to set a lower buy-in.