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Accenture looks to sell Chinese operations for up to $1.5bn
Shares in world’s largest IT consultancy have fluctuated in recent months over questions about the impact of AI
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Only 8% of fund managers report improved investment returns from AI adoption: Morgan Stanley–Oliver Wyman
Despite growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the global asset management industry, only 8 per cent of fund managers have reported measurable improvements in investment returns, according to a joint research report by Morgan Stanley and Oliver Wyman.
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America’s $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray
A vast bet on the future of the technology is running into the unforgiving economics of the physical world
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Europe’s industrial giants take diverging paths as they ride AI boom
Schneider Electric and Siemens move further into software as rival ABB bets on physical equipment