Accenture beats quarterly revenue estimate on strong demand for AI services

Dec 18 (Reuters) - Accenture beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter revenue on Thursday, buoyed by robust demand ​for its artificial intelligence-driven IT services as the ‌company advances its AI strategy to capture greater market share. The company's aggressive ‌AI push underscores a wider industry trend of enterprises using machine learning tools to help speed up mundane and complex tasks, freeing up resources to focus elsewhere, as investors ⁠bet on these ‌processes to massively boost growth. ...