More than 80% of corporate affairs work can be augmented and automated by AI, according to a new Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report. AI presents so much opportunity for efficiencies and cost savings that it cannot be ignored, BCG chief communications officer Russell Dubner says. The work of corporate affairs “is too high on the list of where GenAI can have an impact to pretend it’s not happening,” he told Axios. Most communications teams are experimenting with generative AI, like large language models, which produce new content based on prompts. However, few have implemented agentic AIs, which act autonomously, can execute tasks and adapt to changes based on memory. That is where the real time and cost savings will come, the report finds. BCG examined tasks that are repetitive, data-driven and content-intensive within the corporate affairs portfolio, and found that employees can reclaim 26% to 36% of their time by using AI.

Full report : AI can handle 80% of corporate affairs tasks, new BCG report says.