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By definition, agentic artificial intelligence can execute complex tasks with little to no human oversight.

In today’s digital-first business environment, trust extends far beyond financial statements. Organizations must now safeguard the systems, data, and technologies that power operations, protect sensitive information, and sustain stakeholder confidence.

Companies can’t continue training people for a world we’re leaving behind, but as artificial intelligence (AI) further takes hold, companies also can’t afford to leave people behind.

This article looks at risks around AI, including generative AI — crossing technological, economic, human, and environmental lines.

A report on the challenges facing audit committees as they convene during busy season placed technology disruption and AI integration risks atop a list of risks standing between organizations and their financial targets in 2026.

Organisations are capturing speed through AI, but much of the reclaimed time is spent correcting or rewriting low-quality AI output, a global report says.

On paper, confidence appears to be rising among CFOs at large North American companies. Beyond the paper trail, that confidence appears to be buoyed by belief in the transformative power of technology.

The financial close process is a cornerstone of organizational performance, yet it remains one of the most resource-intensive and error-prone activities. While technology and process optimization have been widely adopted to accelerate close cycles, the human element – how teams are organized and deployed – often determines success.

But in an apparent contradiction, most finance chiefs expect the AI value equation to change quickly.

Eighty-eight per cent of finance professionals believe AI will be the most transformative tech trend over the next 12 to 24 months. Yet only 8% feel their organisations are “very well prepared” to manage it, a new AICPA and CIMA survey shows.

When calculators arrived they said they would dumb us down. While the similar panic over artificial intelligence is understandable, we need to learn to embrace and harness it, says Kevin Phillips.

Business owners spent the majority of 2025 dealing with inflation, tariffs, a labor market made flush by mass layoffs, funding accessibility, a federal government shutdown, and a single piece of legislation that had widespread tax implications.

They say politics makes strange bedfellows, but what would it take to bring together Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Senate Republican Josh Hawley of Missouri? AI chatbots, it seems.

Organisations using AI to redesign workflows at an enterprise level achieve higher customer satisfaction and profitability than companies fixed on efficiency.

When it comes to using AI tools, generationally diverse teams are more productive, a new report found. But training for Gen Z employees outpaces opportunities for older generations to upskill.

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) to power businesses is real — and so are the associated risks.

The American Institute of CPAs has created an artificial intelligence-enabled tool, Josi, that provides secure, direct access to the AICPA’s professional standards, authoritative guidance and related information.

The AICPA and state societies have pledged strong support for accounting education programs to gain STEM status, and the idea also has backing from the majority of respondents in a new survey.

The majority of accountants are comfortable with technology taking over jobs previously done by people, according to a new report.

CFOs around the world have numerous competing priorities as they continue to add strategy-related responsibilities, according to a new survey that also shows finance chiefs benefitting from new technology tools.