2025年专业人士前景报告：战略性AI应用——释放创新与最大化回报

ProfessionalsReport2025 Strategic AI Adoption:Unlocking Innovationand Maximizing Returns Foreword By Thomson Reuters President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Hasker Now in its third year, ourFuture of Professionalsreport highlights AI’s impact on professional work,helping individuals navigate uncertainty withconfidence. It includes year-over-year comparisonsand key insights from Thomson Reuters, which wehope will help shape the decisions our customerswill make over the next three to five years. Generative AI will transform the legal,risk, compliance, tax, accounting, andaudit professions, along with globaltrade over the next three years. Already,professionals report increased efficiency,productivity, and cost savings as the mostsignificant benefits, making AI a crucialtool for organizations navigating a rapidlyevolving set of business challenges. Key findings This year’s report highlights a new divide amongorganizations: Those that adopt an AI strategyand those that do not. Our research shows thatorganizations with visible AI strategies are twice aslikely to experience revenue growth as a direct orindirect result of AI adoption compared to thosewith more informal or ad-hoc adoption approaches.That puts those organizations that haven’t developedan AI strategy at risk of being left behind within amatter of years. Organizations must constantly consider how tomaintain their competitive edge, but the efficiencygains offered by AI are particularly significant intoday’s evolving business landscape. Now, as AIadoption reaches a pivotal stage, it’s clear that awidening competitive gap is emerging. Firms thatreinvent and automate entire business processesusing AI will prevail with superior customerexperiences and lower costs compared to thoseorganizations that move slowly. “The future isn’t just about whetherorganizations should be adoptingAI – it’s about how they can do sostrategically to get the most benefitfrom advanced technology.” Consider this: Based on the current predictedpace of AI adoption, our report shows that thelegal professionals we surveyed expect to free upnearly 240 hours per year, up from 200 in 2024.This unlocks an average annual value of $19,000per professional. In the US, this contributes to a$32 billion combined annual impact for the legaland tax & accounting sectors. As the leaders in theAI adoption race reap these savings and providegreater value to their clients, the value gapcontinues to widen. Our report highlights the significant variance in AIadoption, even within the same organization. Bycreating a strategy to drive AI adoption and redeployproductivity gains, organizations will achievesustained innovation, operational excellence, andrevenue growth while empowering professionals tostay productive and relevant. While organizations must evolve and adapt, theresponsibility doesn’t stop there. Those professionalswho fail to develop their individual AI proficiency riskfalling behind in critical skills, creating a competitivegap that could limit their career growth. As I havesaid previously, AI will not replace professionals,but AI-powered professionals will. AI-enabledprofessionals will gain a competitive edge, boostingboth their personal impact and their organization’slong-term value. One of the areas I am most proud of is thecontrols we have put into our AI developmenthere at Thomson Reuters — these ensure that ourcustomers’ confidential information will not becomeoutput for a third party. We’re no longer predicting AI’s impact — we’requantifying it. Organizations with clear, alignedstrategies are unlocking real ROI: reclaiming time,cutting costs, and gaining ground. Professionals whoare embracing AI are not just more productive —they’re staying relevant. Finally, the report highlights that while concernsabout the responsible and ethical use of AIhave eased slightly, professionals may havenew perspectives on the potential negativeconsequences of AI. However, there were slightupticks in concerns about privacy, confidentiality,and transparency, as well as data securityimplications — a trend worth watching. This is the dividing line. Those who act with intentionwill lead. Those who wait will fall behind. The futureisn’t just about adopting AI — it’s about doingso strategically. TheFuture of Professionalshighlights the keyconcerns shaping the professional landscape today Today’s knowledge workers across legal, risk,compliance, tax, accounting, audit, and tradeprofessions face unprecedented challenges thatinclude geopolitical turbulence and a complex webof regulatory and legislative changes that demandconstant vigilance. Further, many organizations aresimultaneously grappling with exponential growth indata volumes while adapting to fundamental shiftsin workforce dynamics and expectations. or indirectly, as a result of AI adoption comparedto those with more informal or ad-hoc adoptionapproaches. That puts organizations that haven’tdeveloped an AI strategy at risk of getting