McKinsey and Its 25,000 AI Agents: Hybrid Workforce or PR Operation?
A Figure That Demands Clarification McKinsey claims "60,000 employees," including "25,000 AI agents." This formulation, reported by LeMagIT (study: "McKinsey: 60,000 employees, including 25,000 AI agents"), doesn't merely describe technological adoption. It stages a change in scale and status of AI within the organization. Speaking of "agents" as a segment of "employees" shifts AI from...
Not All Data Is Created Equal: Artificial Intelligence Is No Excuse for Mediocrity
The observation is now shared by data departments, business units, and software vendors: the era of massive accumulation is over. In AI systems, raw data no longer has value in itself. It must be structured, qualified, governed, and situated within a precise context of use. Two converging perspectives demonstrate this: the DQE white paper on...
Artificial Intelligence: French Leaders Face ROI Disillusionment
81% of French leaders declare that artificial intelligence has had no effect on their company's revenue in 2025. This figure, drawn from PwC's latest global survey (Global CEO Survey 2026), sounds like a wake-up call. Not about the technology itself, but about the ability of French companies to extract measurable value from it. Beyond the...
Is AI Breaking Down the Consulting Pyramid?
For decades, major consulting firms have operated according to an almost immutable mechanism. A few partners would sell high-value strategic projects. Behind them, an army of juniors produced analyses, benchmarks, PowerPoint slides, and Excel models under extremely tight deadlines. This pyramidal model constituted the economic engine of firms like McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group,...
Governing AI to Make It Accountable
Antonella Serine (KLA Digital), a technological promise under pressure Artificial intelligence automates, accelerates, and optimizes processes, sometimes at a speed that exceeds human analytical capacity. But behind this promise lies a growing concern: how can we maintain control over systems capable of making decisions, sometimes without human intervention? In regulated sectors, this question is no...