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 IRS has released the vast majority of the code used to develop its Direct File program, theoretically allowing anyone to build their own versions.
Big Four firm PwC announced it can now provide assurance on AI systems to see if they've been designed and operated responsibly.
Fieldguide released Field Agents for Financial Audits, which comes with an agentic AI "Audit Testing Agent" to automatically execute the testing workflow.
Tax and accounting software giant Intuit reported strong third quarter growth, with the company reporting total revenue of $7.8 billion, an increase of 15%.
CoCounsel for tax, audit and accounting professionals marks Thomson Reuters' entry into the agentic AI arena.
Gen AI is now capable of producing fake documents realistic enough to fool automated systems, creating new opportunities for fraud and new challenges for those trying to prevent it.
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The cloud ERP provider has been acquired by a private equity firm that specializes in enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses.
The Big Four firm launched the Global Agentic Network, a connected ecosystem of AI agents for business purposes to augment and automate client operations.
