Automation

While other industries rapidly adopt data-driven solutions like artificial intelligence (AI), many CPA firms still rely on spreadsheets and processes that merely digitize the traditional paper-based approach.

Once AI handles all the boring and unpleasant tasks for accountants, what boring and unpleasant tasks will replace them?

Accounting ERP provider Acumatica announced its 2024 R2 launch, with hundreds of new features and capacities, many of which center around automation, integrations and enhanced accuracy.

Many companies grapple with fragmented systems, outdated procedures and a general lack of integration.

Plus, Crowe solution streamlines financial spreading process; Patriot Software releases new payroll, compliance tools; and other accounting tech news.

Sage's new generative AI Copilot solution, set for U.S. release later this year, is meant to make powerful automation capacities more accessible.

When asked to rate how much they use generative AI tools on a scale from 1-10, accountants rated their overall use at 1.56

A study says that the most efficient way to use generative AI is a combination of robotic process automation and application programming interfaces, but it is also the most difficult to implement.