AI Agents & Automation
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Context Engineering for AI Agents: What Accountants Need to Know in 2026
AI agents like Claude Cowork and Microsoft Copilot are taking action inside your files. Learn the four dimensions of context engineering accountants need to use these tools safely and reliably.
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The AI Intensity Paradox: Why Tools Are Making Us Work Harder
We were promised a vacation. The narrative around AI has always been about automation. The idea was that these tools would handle the drudgery—the boring data entry, the repetitive emails—and leave us with more time for high-value creative work. Or better yet, just more time off. I wanted to believe that. But lately, I’ve noticed…
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Why AI Can’t Replace Experts (Yet): Word vs. World Models
I keep seeing the headlines. You have probably seen them too. They claim accountants, lawyers, and coders will be obsolete in a year. If you ask a startup founder, they look at an AI-generated legal memo and say, “This is perfect. Lawyers are done.” If you ask a lawyer, they look at the same memo…
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Accrual’s $75M Bet: Can AI Finally Fix Accounting Workflows?
My mom worked in accounting back when ledgers were actual paper books. She likes to remind me how manual everything was. We moved to spreadsheets and then to cloud software, but let’s be honest: I still spend a massive amount of my day moving data from Point A to Point B. We talk about automation…
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AI Is Your New Study Buddy: Testing ChatGPT, Gemini, and NotebookLM
I was reading a New York Times article recently where they asked eight different AI experts—scientists and researchers—where they thought the technology would be in five years. They disagreed on a lot, but they all agreed on one specific area that is about to get disrupted: Education. We usually think about this in terms of high schoolers…
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The AI Revolution in Accounts Payable: Why Manual Invoicing is Dead
I was reading a thread on Reddit the other day that gave me second-hand anxiety. An accounts payable clerk described a “fat-finger” error where they accidentally added a zero to a payment. Instead of sending a vendor $10,000, they sent $100,000. Panic ensued. Jobs were lost. The money was eventually clawed back, but the damage to the…
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OpenAI’s Pivot to “Practical Adoption”: What It Means for Your Workflow
I used to get excited about every OpenAI rumor. Space servers? AI TikTok? Sure. But lately, I just want the thing to balance a ledger without hallucinating. It seems OpenAI’s CFO, Sarah Friar, is on the same page. Here is a look at what this shift means, why they are doing it, and why accountants…
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2026 LLM Refresh: How AI Actually Works (Without the Hype)
I have seen a lot of articles recently riding various “hype trains” regarding how Artificial Intelligence is evolving. It feels like every week there is a new model that claims to be sentient or capable of human-level reasoning. I wanted to understand what is actually true. So, I did a bunch of research. I read…
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I Investigated How AI is Used in Accounting. The Answer is Accounts Receivable.
I get asked a lot about AI. People want to know where it’s actually making a difference in business right now. Not in the future. Today. I was reading a report from CPA Practice Advisor and found a surprisingly clear answer: accounts receivable. This isn’t a hypothesis. It’s a place where companies are using AI…