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

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Accenture chair and CEO Julie Sweet at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 20, 2026
Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says mastering AI is now key to moving up at the consulting giant.

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8 of the world's 10 richest people have seen their wealth drop this year as AI jitters grow

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos speaks at a conference.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has seen his wealth drop $12 billion so far in 2026.

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Inside ChatGPT's slow-motion ad rollout

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

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A US Navy oiler ran hard aground after its captain urged a last-minute shortcut: 'Let's try to shoot the gap'

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Amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) approaches Henry J. Kaiser class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO 198) for a replenishment-at-sea, March 6, 2023.
The replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn ran aground in the Middle East after the captain decided to take a risky shortcut.

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I'm a CMO who thinks AI has brought a long-overdue reckoning for top marketers. Here's how I'm adapting for the future.

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Teresa Barreira
Publicis Sapient CMO Teresa Barreira says the AI era is forcing 'a reckoning that is long overdue' for some top marketers.

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Google AI Overviews are more likely to talk smack about brands than ChatGPT is, according to new data

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Panera launches 'energy refreshers' with 10% the caffeine as its Charged Lemonade, which was linked to 2 deaths

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A Panera Energy Refresher sits on a table while a woman reads a book.
Panera Bread has launched two new lightly caffeinated "refresher" drinks, following the discontinuation of its highly caffeinated Charged Lemonade drinks in 2024.

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XAI's Macrohard project stalls as Tesla ramps up a similar AI agent effort

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AI legal giant Legora lands its first acquisition, and the great legal-tech rollup continues

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Legora

Inside the Steve Jobs meeting style that Apple still uses

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Steve Jobs' meetings at Apple would get intense.

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