Chris Gaetano is the technology editor for Accounting Today. He brings with him more than a decade of experience covering the accounting profession as part of the NYSSCPA's Trusted Professional. Prior to that, he was a local news reporter at Greater Media Newspapers in New Jersey. He graduated from Rowan University, in Glassboro, NJ.
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A significant proportion of people are following financial advice given to them by AI models, and many reported losing $100 or more.
September 10 -
The House of Representatives passed a resolution to repeal the regulations that created reporting requirements for digital asset brokers using decentralized finance systems.
March 12 -
The White House has canceled the October 2023 executive order from the previous administration on AI regulation and oversight.
January 22 -
A group of Republican lawmakers sent a letter to the incoming Trump administration asking it to end the IRS Direct File service via a day one executive order.
December 12 -
The Corporate Transparency Act, ostensibly meant to address scams and other crimes, has ironically opened the door to new kinds of scams directed at small-business owners.
June 13 -
The White House has vetoed a bill that would have repealed a measure requiring custodians of crypto assets to count them as liabilities on their balance sheets.
June 5 -
ChatGPT accurately predicted earnings directions 60% of the time versus 52.71% for human analysts.
June 4 -
An international coalition of tax authorities has released a list of possible risk indicators for cryptocurrency-related crimes, many of which have to do with privacy and anonymity.
May 31 -
An experiment tested different generative AI models against each other on multiple choice questions from CPA Exam test prep material, and found they have their own strengths and weaknesses.
April 25 -
Companies using artificial intelligence have a long way to go before people will fully trust them to help with their taxes, according to a recent poll.
April 3 -
The IRS is forming a centralized oversight strategy for digital assets, but implementing it has been frustrated by delays in the regulatory approval process.
December 21 -
Intuit announced a raft of new capacities and features, mostly focused on automation, workflow efficiency and integration.
November 15 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved new rules that would require entities to disclose material cybersecurity incidents.
July 26 -
Cryptocurrency fraud losses nearly doubled last year in this country, a marked contrast with the rest of the world, where they actually fell by around half.
July 18 -
ChatGPT scored terribly on a practice CPA exam, scoring 39% in REG, 46% in AUD, 35% in FAR and 48% in BEC.
May 8 -
Cybersecurity company Cyberarkan used the AI-driven text generator to create a new strain of malware capable of bypassing traditional controls.
January 20 -
On many unregulated cryptocurrency exchanges, wash sales may be highly inflating stated volume, according to a recent study.
January 4 -
A recent study has found a correlation between tax scrutiny of digital assets and the use of tax loss harvesting as a compensating measure.
December 6 -
A recent study has found that the number of people who overestimate how savvy they are has grown.
September 9 -
A recent study has found that 96% had still not filed their taxes as of the end of March, with confusion over how to do so being the primary reason.
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