Accenture's CEO says using AI is now required for promotion: It's 'how we do work'

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says mastering AI is now key to moving up at the consulting giant.

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• Accenture's CEO said AI use is now required if employees want a promotion.
• Julie Sweet dismissed the idea that tracking AI use amounts to coercion.
• Tech firms like Cisco and Amazon are also tying AI fluency to promotions.

If you work at Accenture and want to get a promotion, you'd better be using AI.

Julie Sweet, the CEO of Accenture...