Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. It is a Fortune Global 500 company and one of the Big Three professional services networks. Accenture was founded in 1955 as Andersen Consulting, a management consulting subsidiary of Arthur Andersen. In 2000, the company separated from Arthur Andersen and changed its name to Accenture.

Accenture, a global professional services company, offers a comprehensive suite of insights, reports, and guides on artificial intelligence (AI). The company's AI expertise encompasses a range of technologies that allow machines to sense, comprehend, act, and learn with human-like intelligence. This includes machine learning, natural language processing, and other AI technologies that, when combined with data, analytics, and automation, can help businesses achieve their goals.

Accenture differentiates between narrow AI, which performs a single task or a set of closely related tasks, and general AI, which emulates human intelligence, thinking strategically, abstractly, and creatively. While general AI is still largely a concept of science fiction, narrow AI has immense transformational power and continues to influence how we work and live on a global scale.

Machine learning is a key focus area for Accenture. The company also explores the potential of synthetic data, generative AI, and cloud data, among other AI-related topics. Accenture believes that AI is a critical source of business value.

Looking to the future, Accenture acknowledges the challenges businesses face in scaling AI across their operations. The company advises businesses to define their value, rework their workforce, and establish governance and ethical frameworks to successfully scale AI.

Accenture is also committed to responsible AI, which it defines as the practice of designing, building, and deploying AI in a manner that empowers employees and businesses and fairly impacts customers and society. This includes building trust, ensuring data security, and addressing unconscious bias.