KPMG partners with Anthropic to embed Claude into tax platform

KPMG integrates Anthropic's Claude Cowork into its client delivery platform, starting with tax and legal services, marking a major Big 4 adoption of generative AI for professional services.

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AI reshapes audit work, but accountants remain essential

Accounting Today explores how AI is transforming audit practices without displacing accountants, revealing the on-the-ground reality of AI adoption is further ahead than industry perception.

KPMG Partners with Anthropic to Build Claude-Powered Digital Gateway

KPMG and Anthropic partnership leverages Claude AI to develop a digital gateway combining frontier AI capabilities with accounting domain expertise, emphasizing security and trust.

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Xero launches XeroForce, no-code AI agent builder for accounting workflows

Xero launches XeroForce, a no-code AI agent platform designed to automate repetitive accounting tasks for small businesses and advisors, targeting the 70% of owners stressed by financial management.

Accounting software vendors brace for AI pricing shift

AccountingWeb analysis examines how accounting software vendors plan to monetize AI features, signaling major pricing restructuring across the industry as AI becomes table-stakes.

AI agent handles payroll and eSocial compliance without human oversight

Brazilian accounting education platform demonstrates AI agent system managing payroll processing and eSocial (Brazilian tax filing) autonomously, eliminating traditional HR department functions.

Ember tracks AI model accuracy with year-long audited benchmark vs. predictio...

Ember publishes 365-day audited record comparing AI model predictions against Polymarket outcomes, scoring via Brier metric—potential framework for evaluating AI reliability in high-stakes domains ...

Kepler builds hybrid eval system where AI and code assess each other's accoun...

Kepler develops novel double-entry evaluation framework combining code-based metrics and LLM assessment to grade accounting task quality, extracting most value from disagreements between evaluation...

AI Predictive Guidance Solves Intercompany Reconciliation Bottleneck

BlackLine demonstrates how AI predictive guidance automates detection and resolution of intercompany imbalances, reducing manual reconciliation work in financial close processes.

Finance teams restrict AI autonomy due to lack of trust framework

Webinar explores why 80% of finance professionals limit AI use and how structured governance can unlock productivity in financial operations.

Grant Thornton launches AI-powered audit platform with automated workflows

Grant Thornton U.S. debuts gtap, an AI-enabled audit infrastructure featuring automated workpapers and agent-assisted workflows designed to standardize data ingestion and enable full-population ana...

Six blockers prevent accounting firms from adopting AI, expert says

Jason Staats identifies six adoption barriers for AI in accounting firms and recommends Claude as a starting point for building AI-native practices.

Five accounting tasks CPA firms should automate with AI

HubSync identifies five engagement tasks that CPA firms can automate with AI to free up staff time, from data entry to routine compliance checks.

Finance leaders embrace AI automation with rising confidence in 2026

Aqilla survey reveals finance teams increasingly adopting AI automation with stronger confidence, lower apprehension, and emphasis on governance—signaling mainstream acceptance of AI in accounting ...

Vertical AI firms debate 'headless' strategy as agents reshape accounting sof...

Academic paper examines whether accounting AI firms should abandon proprietary interfaces to expose domain expertise as agent-callable services, arguing the headless model suits some but risks dest...

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