{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_woxv6hft24rhb2enyrzq","title":"Hong Kong firms lag mainland China on AI adoption amid legacy-system burden: Accenture","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/hong-kong-firms-lag-mainland-china-on-ai-adoption-amid-legacy-system-woxv6hft24","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_woxv6hft24rhb2enyrzq","seq":672741,"kind":"article","title":"Hong Kong firms lag mainland China on AI adoption amid legacy-system burden: Accenture","url":"https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3369205/hong-kong-firms-lag-mainland-china-ai-adoption-amid-legacy-system-burden-accenture","summary":"Hong Kong businesses are lagging behind their mainland Chinese peers in adopting artificial intelligence, as entrenched legacy systems and a risk-averse corporate mindset slow the city’s digital transition, according to a senior executive at consultancy Accenture. Only 10 per cent of Hong Kong firms surveyed by Accenture had integrated generative AI across multiple business functions, compared with about 21 per cent of mainland enterprises, said Robert Hah, Hong Kong office…","published":"2026-09-29T12:00:10Z","seen":"2026-09-29T12:49:58Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-scmp-com-62b166","name":"scmp.com","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q1198574","name":"South China Morning Post","type":"newspaper","country":"CN","designations":["daily newspaper","online newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-scmp-com-62b166","topics":["asia"],"authors":["author","Chong Ming Lee"],"entities":[{"id":"Q338825","name":"Accenture","type":"org"}],"image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/09/29/5473cf89-7e88-4e17-b4aa-13af56180fb5_6da2ab97.jpg?itok=IQen4VlB&v=1790675345","mentions":2,"story":"st_woxv6hft24rhb2enyrzq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.6399999856948853,"category2":"science-technology","sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.23999999463558197,"political":0.12999999523162842}]}