{"id":2983,"date":"2026-06-23T05:24:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/?post_type=insight_resource&#038;p=2983"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:31:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:31:45","slug":"2026-ai-in-professional-services-report","status":"publish","type":"insight_resource","link":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/resources\/resource\/2026-ai-in-professional-services-report","title":{"rendered":"2026 AI in Professional Services Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Generative AI is here, agentic AI is coming and business model shifts are next. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now in its fourth year, the 2026 AI in Professional Services Report (formerly Generative AI in Professional Services Report) from the Thomson Reuters Institute examines how AI is reshaping the legal, tax, accounting, risk, fraud, and government sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drawing on perspectives from more than 1,500 professionals, this report highlights that the era of early AI adoption has passed. Today marks the strategic phase of AI, in which organizations redefine workflows, reshape value, and build AI directly into the foundation of their business strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discover a clear view of where generative AI (GenAI) and agentic AI are gaining traction, how expectations and business models are shifting, and how leaders need to prepare as AI becomes an essential pillar of professional work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"600\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1200 \/ 600;\" width=\"1200\" controls src=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/download-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d6ab133f7782a28ddf68404953a2a093 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#d64000\">&#8220;2026 marks the strategic phase of AI, one where organizations redefine workflows, reshape value, and build AI directly into the foundation of their business strategy.&#8221; <strong>Mike Abbott, Head of Thomson Reuters Institute<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-1-1024x354.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-1-1024x354.png 1024w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-1-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-1-768x265.png 768w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-1-1536x531.png 1536w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-1-740x256.png 740w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-1.png 1887w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-2-1024x344.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-2-1024x344.png 1024w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-2-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-2-768x258.png 768w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-2-1536x517.png 1536w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-2-740x249.png 740w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/image-2.png 1858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"#sidebar-primary\">Download your 2026 AI in Professional Services Report today!<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generative AI is here, agentic AI is coming and business model shifts are next. 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