Accenture is rolling out Microsoft's AI assistant to 100,000 workers, with plans to double that

The professional services firm says 97% of employees using the tool complete routine tasks up to 15 times faster

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Accenture $ACN is deploying Microsoft $MSFT 365 Copilot to 100,000 employees, with a commitment to expand that to about 200,000 users, the company said. The deployment is part of a broader rollout that ultimately targets Accenture's full workforce of about 743,000 people — what Microsoft describes as the largest enterprise Copilot deployment to date.

Accenture said the initial rollout has produced measurable results. A self-reported survey covering 200,000 users found that routine tasks were completed up to 15 times faster for 97% of respondents, while more than half — 53% — said they had seen meaningful........

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