Chris Gaetano is the technology editor for Accounting Today. He brings with him more than a decade of experience covering the accounting profession as part of the NYSSCPA's Trusted Professional. Prior to that, he was a local news reporter at Greater Media Newspapers in New Jersey. He graduated from Rowan University, in Glassboro, NJ.
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The White House released "America's AI Action Plan," which calls for a wide variety of measures such as cutting regulations, promoting standards, encouraging training and aligning models with certain values.
Karbon hailed the launch of Karbon for Clients, touted as an end-to-end solution that manages the entire client lifecycle from onboarding to delivery to long-term relationship management.
Intuit announced the release of new proactive AI agents for its Intuit Enterprise Suite, in addition to enhanced automation, business intelligence and financial management capabilities.
Canopy announced the availability of its new Smart Intake solution, to automate client intake and onboarding, fully embedded in Canopy's unified platform.
Aprio announced it has acquired AI accounting assistant platform TimeCredit, a 2024 AICPA and CPA.com Startup Accelerator company, as part of a larger $300 million investment in AI and automation.
Tax compliance solutions provider Sovos announced new AI capacities, called "Sovi," not as a standalone feature, but as an intelligent layer embedded throughout the compliance lifecycle.
Amid cost pressures, more than a third of finance leaders have paused at least some capital spending and cut costs in virtually all areas except for AI.
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Deloitte said its auditors will now have enhanced agentic AI capacities within Omnia, the firm's global cloud-based audit and assurance platform.
