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ChatGPT Was Set Up To Fail The CPA Exam


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Accounting Today said ChatGPT failed the CPA Exam — here's why that's misleading; a WSJ reporter clones herself with AI and tricks her bank and family; TurboTax tops the TV ads for tax year 2022; Audit firms remove partners who fault clients' internal controls; 80 percent of BDO Alliance partners vote to eliminate or modify the 150-hour rule

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Chapters
  • (00:00) - ChatGPT Was Set Up To Fail The CPA Exam
  • (00:30) - Does the accounting profession give your life meaning?
  • (01:00) - Welcome to the show, David is on the road this week
  • (04:49) - Accounting Today says ChatGPT completely failed CPA exam
  • (07:48) - Blake ran some of his own tests with GPT-4 and takeaways people should get from this article
  • (13:23) - WSJ article on the potential of AI and fraud
  • (15:09) - Blake plays clips of Joanna's voice cloned compared to her actual voice
  • (18:28) - TechCrunch article on Intuit's AI journey
  • (23:35) - Accounting Today article on firms removing audit partners from engagements where they found internal control problems
  • (28:41) - Accounting Today: PCAOB turns up the heat on auditing firms
  • (32:20) - Three failed banks all had KPMG in common
  • (38:26) - Which brands spent the most money on ads around tax day 2023?
  • (41:30) - TurboTax starts sending out checks as part of "free free free" settlement
  • (42:58) - Listener email about the 150 hour rule and underpaid CPAs
  • (46:57) - BDO Alliance poll results on the 150 hour requirement
  • (50:29) - Blake buys MedEvac insurance for the first time
  • (53:09) - Some quick app news roundup
  • (58:33) - Wrap up and where to reach us

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    Show Notes

    KPMG pens deal with MindBridge to apply AI to digital audits | Accounting Today

    https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/kpmg-pens-deal-with-mindbridge-to-apply-ai-to-digital-audits

     

    We ran the CPA exam through ChatGPT and it failed miserably | Accounting Today

    https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/we-ran-the-cpa-exam-through-chatgpt-and-it-failed-miserably

     

    I Cloned Myself With AI. She Fooled My Bank and My Family.        

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-cloned-myself-with-ai-she-fooled-my-bank-and-my-family-356bd1a3

     

    Audit firms remove partners who fault clients' internal controls | Accounting Today

    https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/audit-firms-remove-partners-who-fault-clients-internal-controls

     

    BDO Alliance poll of managing partners on 150-hour rule

    https://twitter.com/BlakeTOliver/status/1654553693830914048

     

    TurboTax customers to receive checks for $141M settlement        

    https://apnews.com/article/turbotax-inuit-settlement-checks-mail-0c01cf25aa34693163886d135f7a6560

    Accounting automation developer Gappify scores $10m

    https://fintech.global/2023/05/02/accounting-automation-developer-gappify-scores-10m/            

     

    Intuit’s shift

    https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/27/intuit-ai-shift/

     

    Hundreds Of Tax Prep Services Hit The Airwaves Before April https://www.insideradio.com/free/hundreds-of-tax-prep-services-hit-the-airwaves-before-april-18/article_b59beb46-e5a2-11ed-a08f-d7b730e240b8.html

     

    We had ChatGPT take the CPA exam — and it failed           

    https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/we-ran-the-cpa-exam-through-chatgpt-and-it-failed-miserably

     

    ChatGPT Just Failed This Accounting Exam

    https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2023/04/chatgpt-just-failed-this-accounting-exam.html

     

    Accounting clerk created original art on billing statements to help a patient heal

    https://www.cbsnews.com/video/accounting-clerk-created-original-art-on-billing-statements-to-help-a-patient-heal/

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