McKinsey Is Using AI to Create PowerPoints and Take Over Junior Employee Tasks: ‘Technology Could Do That’

McKinsey consultants are using the firm’s proprietary AI platform to take over tasks that have traditionally been handled by junior employees.

Kate Smaje, McKinsey’s global leader of technology and AI, told Bloomberg on Monday that McKinsey employees are increasingly tapping into Lilli, the internal AI platform the firm launched in 2023. While employees are permitted to use ChatGPT internally, Lilli is the only platform that allows them to input confidential client data safely.

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Over 75% of McKinsey’s 43,000 employees are now using Lilli monthly, Smaje disclosed. Lilli was named after Lillian Dombrowski,