Dublin-headquartered Accenture told associate directors and senior managers that promotion to leadership positions would require “regular adoption” of AI. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/ Collins PhotosAccenture has begun monitoring staff use of its artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of how it decides top-level promotions, as consultancies push reluctant employees to adopt the technology. This month Accenture started to collect data on individual weekly log-ins to its AI tools for some senior employees. They and a second person both criticised the usefulness of the tools Accenture wants employees to use, claiming some of the tools were “broken slop generators”. Last month, Accenture bought London-based AI start-up Faculty to improve its ability to help clients “reinvent core and critical business processes” by adopting AI.

Source: The Irish Times February 19, 2026 15:42 UTC