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Jul 14, 2026
AI 2027 Turns One: The Boring Half Came True First
One year after AI 2027, the business predictions on accounting agents and entry-level hiring arrived early. The frontier predictions are running late.
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Apr 27, 2026
AI 2027, Translated: What It Means for Your Business
The AI 2027 forecast predicts when agents automate bookkeeping, SaaS price spikes, why auditing becomes harder, and what business decisions you need now.
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Apr 22, 2026
Tim Cook's Exit Marks AI's Integration Era-Not Its Beginning
John Ternus becomes Apple CEO, signaling a shift to device-native AI over services. The industry is moving from experimentation to platform integration to operational governance. Competitive advantage now depends on execution.
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Apr 15, 2026
Stop Chasing the Ideal Job. Start Finding Your Ikigai.
Ikigai maps what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. It's the most practical framework I've found for life and career clarity.
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Apr 1, 2026
I'm Not a Writer, But I Built a Professional News Site.
How non-writers can use AI tools to bridge the gap between great ideas and professional publication-without faking editorial standards or reader trust.
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Jan 30, 2026
Building Infrastructure for What's Next: Enterprise AI 2026
Enterprise AI in February 2026: what's working, what's failing, what's emerging. Infrastructure challenges and opportunities leaders should focus on this.
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Aug 3, 2026
AI Labs and EY Got Breached. What Your Firm Should Check
Anthropic, OpenAI and EY each disclosed a security incident within ten days. Here's what the pattern means for CPA firms vetting AI tools and vendors.
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Jul 27, 2026
Dext Says 99.9% Accuracy. What Its Reviews Actually Show
Dext markets 99.9% accuracy on receipt and invoice extraction. Verified 2025-2026 Capterra reviews from real accounting firms show a more complicated reality.
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Jul 21, 2026
AI Took the Fractional CFO's Reporting. Not the Judgment.
AI is absorbing the manual reporting fractional CFOs used to bill for, leaving advisory work as the real differentiator and the part worth re-pricing.
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5 AI Prompts That Make Your Tax Research Defensible
Five copy-paste AI prompts CPAs can use to research a tax question, translate it for a client, verify the citations and know when to bring in a specialist.