Machine learning

“Okay Google, which accounts are 30 days past due?”

The majority of finance leaders are increasing investment in their companies’ efforts to spur change through new technology, according to a new survey.

Inclusion is being celebrated at the World Economic Forum at Davos, and this is hardly surprising. Inclusivity and diversity have been staples of corporate life for many years now.

In order to become invaluable to clients, accountants should know how to leverage technology properly to build a unique, differentiated firm.

There’s less threat and more opportunity in emerging technologies than many think.

Leveraging the opportunities in technological change requires collaboration and coordination.

To keep up with the changes to come from artificial intelligence, firms will need to boost their skills around information.

Having basically solved back-office functionality with machine learning and AI, Rod Drury said during Xerocon Austin, the front office comes into focus for accountants and their clients.

Many businesses are still getting ready for the new revenue recognition and leasing standards, and in some cases that involves changing their technology and processes.

The company’s software automates back office T&E functions with natural language processing and computer vision.

The Big Four firm plans to begin offering auditing technology next week to smaller accounting firms through a new venture.

How bots for the finance industry could be at the forefront of changing the way people interact with artificial intelligence.

Auditors are increasingly taking responsibility for fraud detection and cybersecurity at companies, whether they like it or not.

The accelerator will award up to five companies $20,000 and a showcase spot at next year’s conference.

As digital transformation continues to make headlines, nearly all business professionals agree that advanced technologies are going to significantly change the way we live and work over the next decades.

American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon discussed the use of artificial intelligence, bots and other advanced technology, along with the future role of accountants, at the AICPA’s Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

Association members will have access to in-person classes and hands-on cognitive learning.

H&R Block’s use of IBM’s Watson technology this past tax season is only one sign of the increasing involvement of artificial intelligence in tax preparation, with even Big Four firms like PricewaterhouseCoopers making major investments in AI for servicing their tax clients.

The technology learns a business's habits over time, then begins to automatically categorize invoices.

The AP clerk job as we know it is about to disappear — but it will be replaced with something more valuable.