Arnab Chakraborty, Chief Responsible AI Office at Accenture, on building responsible artificial intelligence, the impact of AI on the workforce, and keys to your career

In May 2024, Accenture appointed its first Chief Responsible AI Officer, Arnab Chakraborty, a new role and sign of the times. As Chakraborty shares, “this is the summer of AI.” As fast as artificial intelligence (AI) is catching on, ChatGPT recently passed 200 million monthly active users, Chakraborty stresses the importance of responsible AI and “making sure that you have got the right guardrails” in place. In this episode of The Business Journals’ new podcast series, Pathfinders: The Changing Face of Leaders in Business, host Crystal Edmonson speaks with Arnab Chakraborty about responsible AI, how companies large and small should think about AI adoption, how AI will affect the workforce, and what he attributes to his career ascension into this newly-designed role.