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Emerging technologies
How AI can drive a proactive approach to corporate finance
A finance leader looks back on a key early moment in his career and looks forward to the ways AI will help free up capacity for the finance function of tomorrow. Listen to the podcast or read the Q&A.
AI and fraud: What CPAs should know
Artificial intelligence technology can be misused for fraud, but it is also a tool accountants can use to detect fraud. Find out how to manage AI-generated fraud risks.
How accountants can appropriately rely on AI
A CPA and AI expert discusses some of the ethics questions around using AI in this podcast episode. Hear her words or read the Q&A.
GenAI for accountants: 10 prompt-writing tips
The emerging art of ‘prompt crafting’ can deliver more powerful results from platforms like ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
Microsoft’s huge AI rollout: What CPAs should know
Microsoft Copilot merges generative AI with key apps, potentially revolutionizing how accountants work. Here’s what early adopters say.
Tech roundtable: There’s more to AI than ChatGPT
Our panel provides perspective on the potential, perils, and place of GenAI in the wider context of artificial intelligence and automation.
Organizations moving forward with generative AI despite concerns, survey shows
More than 70% of finance executives have worries related to privacy, ethics, and accuracy, but some respondents in an AICPA & CIMA survey say they’re moving ahead with implementation of generative AI tools.
A first look at using Microsoft’s new AI tool, Copilot
This article offers a brief overview of Copilot and then looks at some interactions with the Bing version of Copilot in the Edge browser.
The key to reducing errors with AI: Technology acceptance
Emerging technology can help the finance function eliminate errors, but effective execution may hinge on companies cultivating a high level of acceptance among users.
JofA roundtable: Why 2024 is shaping up as a big year for ‘people tech’
There’s more to technology than artificial intelligence. Discover other tech topics CPAs need to know in the latest episode of the JofA podcast, featuring three of the top technology experts in the accounting profession. This is the second of two parts.
Tech roundtable: AI and automation go way beyond ChatGPT
There’s a lot more to artificial intelligence than ChatGPT. What is it and how will CPAs be affected? Find out from three top accounting technology experts in the latest episode of the JofA podcast, which includes a full transcript.
What AI can do for auditors
Firm leaders explain why they are using artificial intelligence to transform audits and how they are handling barriers to AI adoption.
As excitement about Gen AI grows, can companies keep up?
The majority of Americans are excited about the role Gen AI can play in their everyday lives, but a global survey finds that the majority of executives aren’t thrilled with their companies’ level of commitment to the rapidly growing technology.
CPAs at a crossroads: Real approaches to artificial intelligence
A former firm partner with expertise in ChatGPT and other AI tools shares why CPAs can’t afford to sit on the sideline and shares how to be responsive to your clients, your team at work, or both.
Gen AI, business model transformation, and more with AICPA & CIMA CEO
The CEO of AICPA & CIMA explains how the move by private-equity investors into accounting is just one step in firm transformation and why a world “devoid of trust” needs accountants.
AICPA seeks comments on criteria for stablecoins
The AICPA’s Assurance Services Executive Committee issued an exposure draft to provide a framework to present information about stablecoins and the assets that back them in order to provide transparency for holders of these digital assets.
Doubling down on tech: What’s in store at Digital CPA in Vegas
In this podcast episode with transcript, a CPA.com executive looks back at the disruption that changed the schedule for the initial Digital CPA event and looks ahead to the technology topics taking center stage this year.
How artificial intelligence can help save accounting
A CPA argues that accountants can use AI technologies such as ChatGPT to tackle the profession’s most pressing challenges.
Generative AI revolution: How auditors are leading the way
Half of finance executives report they’ve already implemented GenAI into financial reporting; the majority view auditors as crucial to the cause.
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