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Ask Not What AI Can Do for You, Ask What You Can Do for AI
Four actions to take now.
By CPA Trendlines Research
The potentials and requirements of artificial intelligence are still a massive unknown. So far, we’re getting only a distant whiff of what’s to come.
Yes, AI is already serving us with doing research, composing letters, filling in blanks and taking best guesses. But turning it into a multifunctional workhorse is still a workhorse in progress.
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While the ubertechies are working on that, the rest of us should be figuring out how we have to change to accommodate AI, to avoid its pitfalls and make best use of its potential.
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Artificial Intelligence: It’s a Matter of Time
What are you saving it for?
By CPA Trendlines Research
What is artificial intelligence good for? We still don’t know. We know it’s going to be good for a lot, but so far, we’re using it only for a little – just a taste of what’s to come.
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One major impact will be on that elusive infinite, time.
For one thing, AI’s going to save a lot of time. Tasks that used to take hours or days will soon take mere seconds.
But is that a good thing or a bad thing?
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Desperate CFOs are Outsourcing Accounting Functions
Can CPA firms take advantage?
By CPA Trendlines Research
CPA firms have long been aware of the worsening talent shortage. Fewer students are majoring in accountancy. Fewer are pursuing CPA certification. And baby boomer leaders of accounting firms are retiring more often than ever.
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Now financial leaders in the corporate sector are feeling the pinch. A survey issued by personnel agency Personiv finds that 83 percent of senior corporate leaders recognize the accounting talent crunch, way up from 70 percent in 2022 and 63 percent in 2020. And 10 percent say the shortage is getting worse.
No surprise, then, that 90 percent of CFOs who responded to the survey say they have outsourced at least some accounting functions.
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