The world\u2019s largest consultancy firm has been monitoring how its staff use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as it decides who should receive promotion.<\/p>\n
Accenture, which is based in Dublin, has told senior managers they will need to show \u201cregular adoption\u201d of AI to be promoted to leadership roles, as industries seek to encourage staff to use machine-learning technologies. <\/p>\n
The consulting firm has started collecting data on how often some senior employees log onto AI tools every week, according to the Financial Times, which first reported the story.<\/p>\n
In an internal email, Accenture said: \u201cUse of our key tools will be a visible input to talent discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n
One staff member at Accenture told the FT they would \u201cquit immediately\u201d if they were affected by the monitoring programme. Another described the company\u2019s internal tools as \u201cbroken slop generators\u201d. <\/p>\n
A spokeswoman for Accenture said the company was trying to be \u201cthe reinvention partner of choice\u201d for its clients, adding: \u201cThat requires the adoption of the latest tools and technologies to serve our clients most effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n
Markets are trying to assess how AI companies will disrupt incumbent businesses in the software, wealth, data and publishing industries, among other sectors, which has led to a sell-off for a number of large listed groups over the past year.<\/p>\n
Visma, the Norwegian software company, was reported to be considering a delay<\/a> to a possible London IPO worth \u20ac19 billion amid a stock market sell-off prompted by Anthropic, the AI developer. Anthropic spooked markets with its release of software capable of automating tasks in the legal profession, prompting traders to speculate about which industries could be affected next.<\/p>\n