Forty-two percent of US workers say they are not confident integrating AI into their work, and 60 percent say their employer has not defined what is expected. Meanwhile the frontier models have converged on price and performance. When everyone has the same tool, the advantage moves to how it is used — but the evidence says the winning skill is not the one most training teaches.
Astra for Law improves legal research correctness from 38.7% to 54.0% on Vals AI's benchmark — a genuine 40% relative gain. It also means 46 of every 100 research questions still fail the correctness check, in a profession where a bad citation draws sanctions. And Harvey builds on it rather than being displaced by it.
Anthropic's new connector opens real AI usage data across the economy. Professional services — especially accounting — are deep into adoption.
Junior's first assignment: converting 30 accounting textbooks from PDF to markdown. Minutes instead of days, zero cost. Why it matters for AI analysis.
A finance job posting listed vibe coding as a requirement. What the term means, and why it signals a real shift in what professionals need to know.
Our founder ordered the most powerful MacBook Apple makes — not for financial statements, but to expand his AI testing ground. Why experimentation pays.
A year ago AI models crossed from summarization tools to professional-grade reasoning engines. Most people didn't notice. What changed, and why.
Five inflection points reshaped accounting in 30 years: hand, Excel, SaaS, APIs, AI. The first four automated data. The fifth touches judgment.
On RiskCast AI, Matt described AI as a bionic arm — amplification before replacement. For anyone whose job is judgment, that reframes everything.
Anthropic launched 10 AI agents for financial services, from pitchbooks to month-end close, plus Microsoft 365 integration. Real desk-work automation.
Matthew DeWald on RiskCast AI Episode 3: the OpenClaw setup, the security paranoia, and why a 30-year accountant bet on AI agents.
After 30 years in accounting, I built an AI research library from 30 Big 4 reference books. Now FRED answers technical questions faster than I can.
How an accountant and his AI agent built an audit-ready technical memo on a $130M preferred stock restructuring in a single late-night session.
After 30 years in accounting, Matt is watching his AI agent catch up to his expertise — and he's not worried. Here's why he's building his own replacement.
AI for accountants crossed a real threshold — not writing poetry, but analyzing GAAP and contributing to CFO conversations. I tested it myself.