artificial intelligence

why vc is a bigger threat than ai

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how big money could change everything.

by seth fineberg
at large

here is some truth, at least that i believe, accountants need to know: accountants in practice today, particularly firm owners, should be more afraid of venture capital entering the profession than ai or any like form of automation. a bold statement, i know but stay with me and see if you agree.

more seth fineberg: what does taking control of your firm mean? | accountants need each other more than ever | marchternity: just say ‘no’ |

some thoughts on in-person events | so you think you know accountants? | what bogs down accountants

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at the core of this viewpoint is how i believe the two will, respectively, impact the profession at large. the major difference, to me, is that one has the potential to help the profession move forward while the other could change its dynamic for the worse.

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phishing attack hackers have a new trick

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and it’s working. faceless hooded anonymous computer hacker with programming code from monitor

by rick richardson

cybercriminals are experimenting with a new method of delivering dangerous payloads and employing targeted phishing emails to infect users with malware.

according to a study by proofpoint, digital onenote notebooks (denoted by “.one” extensions) are increasingly being used by cyber-attackers to spread malware. onenote is included in the microsoft 365 office software bundle and is a widely used piece of software.

more tech this week:  chatgpt: what it is. why you need to know. | russia-linked ransomware back with a vengeance | amazon aws: the mainframe killer? | amazon launching its first internet satellites | russian solarwinds hackers at it again | nasa finds a $10 quintillion asteroid | firms must balance benefits, risks of emerging technology | microsoft and google go to war
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onenote documents are rarely misused in this manner, according to cybersecurity professionals, and there is only one clear reason attackers are experimenting with them: they can more readily avoid threat detection than other attachments. and it seems to be effective.

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be serious about ai, not amused

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seven essential things to know.

by hitendra patil
client accounting services: the definitive success guide

unless you live under a stone, you would have heard about all the craze chatgpt has created recently. and most likely, you, too, are amused by it.

more: in “aicccountants,” hitendra patil demystifies artificial intelligence for accountants | how to offer proof to cas prospects | you don’t need a cas sales pitch | get clients to toot your cas horn | how to market cas to existing clients | five methods to show your firm’s marketable value | seven ways to market your cas offering
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an artificial intelligence-powered tool, it is one of the first that allowed people to directly interact with ai in a familiar way how we use chat functions on mobile phones and websites. this ease of access and usage gave it a huge fan following. moreover, it triggered a tsunami of new ai tools emerging all over the internet.
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satellite sos services coming to android users

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apple users can’t have all the fun.

by rick richardson

the iphone 14’s standout feature released by apple last fall was a satellite-based communication service for emergency calls outside the range of cellular networks. recently, qualcomm announced its plans to add a comparable feature to several advanced android phones.

more tech this week:  chatgpt: what it is. why you need to know. | russia-linked ransomware back with a vengeance | amazon aws: the mainframe killer? | amazon launching its first internet satellites | russian solarwinds hackers at it again | nasa finds a $10 quintillion asteroid | firms must balance benefits, risks of emerging technology | microsoft and google go to war
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in some regions, starting in the second half of this year, premium android handsets running qualcomm’s snapdragon 8 gen 2 mobile platform will be able to connect to a satellite-based two-way messaging system.

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in “aiccountants,” hitendra patil demystifies artificial intelligence for accountants

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how to make artificial intelligence work in the real world.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 senior advisor and best-selling author hitendra patil is launching his latest book, “rise of the aiccountants™ – accountants augmented by artificial intelligence (ai) | the what, why, and how of artificial intelligence for accountants,” now available in paperback or kindle editions here.

more: how much advice should your firm provide? | battling cas cost pushback | will my clients find cas expensive? | cas: much more than bookkeeping | you don’t need a cas sales pitch | get clients to toot your cas horn | seven ways to market your cas offering | how to choose your cas processes | nine ways to measure client experience | twelve clues it’s time to
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one of the accounting profession’s top 100 most influential, patil is a weekly columnist at 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间, and author of “client accounting services: the definitive success guide,” available here, and “accountaneur,” here.

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how do you value your most important asset?

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yes, your employees.

by steven e. sacks
the new fundamentals

skills, abilities and experience are the elements recruiters use to assess candidates who come before them. but what is interesting is despite a skill set playing  a dominant role in the value that an employee brings to the organization, it may not be recognized as such. this is not a new concept. i came across research conducted in 1918 by harvard university, the carnegie foundation and stanford research center.

more steve sacks: how to build a winning proposal | six ways to fix your firm agreement | the great resignation or a reshuffling? | listen to learn | build the framework to a solution with five answers | try for success, not a win
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the study discovered that almost 95% of job success comes from having well-developed soft skills (better referred to as life skills ) and people skills, while  only 5% of job success comes from technical skills and knowledge — hard skills.

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chatgpt spurs competition in different ways

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microsoft and google bank on their own versions.

by rick richardson

recently, microsoft held a press briefing to announce two new web-based software upgrades. the same ai technology that powers the chatbot chatgpt has been updated and included in the latest edition of microsoft’s bing search engine. a fresh experience for exploring the web and getting information online is promised by the firm as it introduces the product alongside new ai-enhanced features for its edge browser.

more tech this week:  chatgpt: what it is. why you need to know. | russia-linked ransomware back with a vengeance | amazon aws: the mainframe killer? | amazon launching its first internet satellites | russian solarwinds hackers at it again | nasa finds a $10 quintillion asteroid | firms must balance benefits, risks of emerging technology | microsoft and google go to war
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“it’s a new day in search,” said microsoft ceo satya nadella at an event announcing the products. the paradigm for web search, according to nadella, hasn’t changed in decades, but ai can offer information more swiftly and fluidly than conventional techniques.

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chatgpt: what it is. why you need to know.

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open.ai

and why google is worried.

by rick richardson

chatgpt was created by the technology company openai. microsoft is now testing the ai language to enhance its office suite of products, including word, outlook and powerpoint.

more tech this week: russia-linked ransomware back with a vengeance | amazon aws: the mainframe killer? | amazon launching its first internet satellites | russian solarwinds hackers at it again | nasa finds a $10 quintillion asteroid | firms must balance benefits, risks of emerging technology | microsoft and google go to war
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openai has had a lot of press lately given that their ai products chatgpt and dall-e 2.

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vector databases: the newest tool for the ai era

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rapid data searches and production-ready features can be game changers.

by rick richardson
technology this week 

making data-driven decisions is becoming increasingly understood by companies in every industry as a requirement for competing today, in the next five years, in the next 20 years and beyond. according to current market research, the worldwide artificial intelligence (ai) market will “increase at a compound annual growth rate (cagr) of 39.4 percent to reach $422.37 billion by 2028,” driven by the exponential expansion of unstructured data in particular.

more tech this week: russia-linked ransomware back with a vengeance | amazon aws: the mainframe killer? | amazon launching its first internet satellites | russian solarwinds hackers at it again | nasa finds a $10 quintillion asteroid | firms must balance benefits, risks of emerging technology | microsoft and google go to war
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the era of data overload and ai has arrived, and there is no turning back.

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make your computer a clean slate

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before the bustle of busy season begins, give your workspace some space. businessman holding a wastebasket with a desktop computer in it

by beth ziesenis
app of the week

the shoebox full of old photos has been replaced by a data-hogging digital folder of images and video clips documenting soccer games, breakfasts, and selfies. and both are still just as unorganized as ever. (or is that just my computer?)

more apps of the week:  recycle and repurpose old devices | enlist ai for more productive meetings | keep teams on task with project management apps | apps to put your affairs in order | app of the week: celebrate black business month | app of the week: cheap flights | help your clients save money | time to upgrade your spreadsheets | app of the week: secretly stash cash | easy apps for increasing client engagement with video | app of the week: grow your business knowledge and career skill sets | app of the week: upgrade your resume | app of the week: end procrastination | 
see all: apps of the week here |
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in any event, since january is national clean up your computer month, it’s time to tackle the 10 jillion megabytes of images you have in more than 50 file locations.

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yes, technology disrupts – but for the better

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hitendra patil: celebrate the pandemic’s silver lining.

the disruptors
with liz farr for 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

technology is disrupting the profession, but for the good.

hitendra patil, cpa, long the head of customer success at accountantsworld by iris and an independent advisor, says that the silver lining of the pandemic is that it forced accountants to move to the cloud and to develop distributed labor models–changes that are here to stay.

more: donny shimamoto: future firm growth requires a mindshift | jennifer wilson: empower young workers to build the firm everyone loves | mike whitmire: re-think your hiring and training practices | hector garcia: success strategies of a quickbooks youtube superstar | blake oliver: why tax work yearns to be free| private equity explodes in u.k. | brannon poe: the status quo must go  | accounting nerds, unlock your super powers  | disruptor: jason statts shakes up the status quo | think small to think big with matt wilkinson | when financial statements go extinct with corey schmidt | can geraldine carter save accountants from themselves? | re-inventing accounting with tyler anderson

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“we can’t fight the rapid technological changes – we can only leverage them to provide better service and insights to our clients,” patil said. “technology puts advisory services within the financial reach of more small business owners. but the superpower that accountants still have is the ability to connect our clients’ goals and aspirations with what’s happening in accounting,” he added, saying that it enables conversations on a higher level. “instead of pestering them for bank statements and receipts, we can ask about trends we see in the financials,” patil said.

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yes, you can work less and make more

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erik solbakken: build the firm of your dreams.

 

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the disruptors
with liz farr for 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

q: why did the accountant cross the road?

a: because they did it last year.

erik solbakken, a.k.a. “the heavy metal cpa,” is on a mission to free accountants from an oppressive business model. solbakken spent 18 years working his way up to be a partner in a firm in canada, but when the partnership fell apart, he was liberated to create a new kind of firm, where he and his staff never worked overtime and he made more money. today, he acts as the guide he wishes he’d had when he started out, empowering accountants to create firms they love working in.

more: donny shimamoto: future firm growth requires a mindshift | jennifer wilson: empower young workers to build the firm everyone loves | mike whitmire: re-think your hiring and training practices | hector garcia: success strategies of a quickbooks youtube superstar | blake oliver: why tax work yearns to be free| private equity explodes in u.k. | brannon poe: the status quo must go  | accounting nerds, unlock your super powers  | disruptor: jason statts shakes up the status quo | think small to think big with matt wilkinson | when financial statements go extinct with corey schmidt | can geraldine carter save accountants from themselves? | re-inventing accounting with tyler anderson

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how do you get away from the commoditization trap? simple, deliver to the client the transformation that they want for themselves.

solbakken said the profession has brainwashed us into believing three lies:

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