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title: "\"McKinsey is wrong: AI was not designed for business\" — Marsanne Studio AI watch"
description: "An opinion piece argues that artificial intelligence was not designed for business use."
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Opinion · 28 September 2026

# "McKinsey is wrong: AI was not designed for business"

**Publication**

Les Echos (France)

**Author**

Unsigned

**Published on**

28 September 2026 · read in the publisher's feed

## Summary

The headline of this opinion piece states that artificial intelligence was not designed for business. The author challenges a position taken by McKinsey on this point.

Summary based on the article's title and standfirst, as the text is not accessible.

[Read the article on Les Echos →](https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/mckinsey-a-tort-lia-na-pas-ete-pensee-pour-lentreprise-2253901)

## Classification

**Country**

France

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

All industries, or industry not specified

**Companies**

McKinsey (cited)

**Keywords**

ai adoption, ai design, business, mckinsey, opinion piece

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Les Echos. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.