“Our perspectives on large AI consulting firms were validated by some of the folks in the audience, including Profesor Freedman. Freedman worked with big consulting firms, one of the likes of Accenture, McKinsey, PwC, and Deloitte (although we are not revealing which one). We’re of the belief that large organizations that might work with these consulting firms are far too naive. They presume that these firms have serious AI talent and that they can handle their needs through consultancies as opposed to through their own in-house data science teams. Professor Freedman let us know that in his experience working with these larger consulting firms on AI-related projects, our suppositions seem to be true.”
https://emerj.com/emerj-team-updates/harvard-artificial-intelligence-banking-finance/