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In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, we explore groundbreaking research from the BCG Henderson Institute, revealing the profound impact of Generative AI on data science tasks within the consulting sector. I am joined by Vladimir "Vlad" Lukic from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), who shares insights from a recent collaborative study with Boston University and OpenAI's Economic Impacts team. The experiment tested the efficacy of GenAI tools, including Enterprise ChatGPT with GPT-4 and Advanced Data Analysis, in enhancing the productivity and technical capabilities of BCG consultants versus traditional methods. Vlad details the experimental setup where consultants undertook typical data science tasks such as writing Python code for cleaning datasets, constructing predictive models, and validating statistical analyses generated by ChatGPT. The performance metrics of 480 consultants were then measured against 44 seasoned BCG data scientists who completed the tasks without GenAI assistance. Key findings underscored