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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.

Fortune

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.

Fortune

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - AU

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.”

Fortune

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.

Fortune

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."

Fortune

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.

Fortune

2025: the year sustainability didn’t die

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

Fortune

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.

Fortune

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.

TechRadar

Former Accenture employee charged by DoJ for cloud security fraud

The defendant allegedly hid her employer’s lack of security controls.

Fortune

Highlights from Fortune Brainstorm AI San Francisco

From deep dives into the enterprise deployment of agents to explorations of the new geography of data centers, Brainstorm AI provided a valuable snapshot of the AI landscape at the close of the year.

MarketBeat

How Accenture's OpenAI Partnership Turns AI Hype Into Profits

Accenture cements its role as the implementation engine for the AI revolution by deploying OpenAI's autonomous agentic tools to thousands of consultants.

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Accenture dubs 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ amid shift to AI

Consultancy’s move to embrace artificial intelligence follows Disney’s use of the term ‘imagineers’

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Is Accenture Stock Underperforming the S&P 500?

While Accenture has lagged behind the S&P 500 Index over the past year, analysts are moderately optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

The Guardian - AU

BoM asked to explain ‘what happened here’ after cost of website redesign revealed to be $96.5m

Environment minister Murray Watt ‘not happy’ with cost blowout and has shared concerns with new Bureau of Meteorology boss

Fortune

Reports of the retail store’s demise have been greatly exaggerated

Particularly during the holiday season, stores have a central part to play in the shopping process. It all comes down to providing the right experience.

Fortune

Companies need to take a human-centric approach to AI, experts say, as executives try to shift from experimentation to implementation

“For every dollar that we spend on technology, we should spend three more on people," said Gastón Carrión, Accenture’s APAC lead of talent.

Fortune

How Cisco is leaning on recruiting and upskilling staff in the AI era—instead of mass layoffs

As AI reshapes the workplace, Cisco is betting on its existing workforce instead of mass layoffs—arming them to code, innovate, and adapt.

The Guardian - AU

Cost of BoM’s website revamp revealed after deluge of public criticism

Public-facing site cost about $86m as part of almost decade-long IT overhaul known as Robust

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