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Sunday, December 14, 2025

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Mark Cuban says small firms can beat Big Tech at AI hiring with one change. An AI CFO now does $300-an-hour work for $35 a month. Your clients may soon trust it more than you for key money moves. Half of holiday shoppers already let AI pick and buy every gift for them.

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Latest in Accounting AI

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Cuban: Your Small Firm Can Out-Hire Big Tech

Mark Cuban thinks your 15-person firm can steal AI talent from Google. Not by matching salaries. By offering something Big Tech can't: actual ownership of the work. His argument? The smartest people hate bureaucracy more than they love stock options. Sounds crazy. But he's got receipts.
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2

Bookkeeper360 Put a CFO in Your Pocket

Bookkeeper360 just dropped an AI CFO assistant for $35 a month. Scenario planning. Cash flow forecasts. Financial analysis. Stuff that used to run $300 an hour. Your small business clients are about to get real comfortable making decisions without calling you first.
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Half of Holiday Shoppers Are Letting AI Pick Gifts

Half of holiday shoppers are letting AI pick their gifts. Not suggestions. The actual purchase decision. Your clients now trust ChatGPT to buy their mother-in-law's present. And somehow you're still explaining why month-end takes two weeks.
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AI Applications

1. Murf - creates realistic AI voiceovers from firm scripts so accountants produce professional client explainers, training modules, and video proposals in minutes.
2. Tailride - automates collection and processing of client invoices and receipts so your firm eliminates manual entry, improves accuracy and boosts margin per client.
3. Travel Code - simplifies expense tracking and travel management, automating receipts and reporting so small accounting firms reduce manual entry and improve client billing accuracy.
4. MeetGeek - records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings, allowing accountants to track client discussions and action items accurately, improving client communication and follow-up efficiency.
5. Slides AI - turns your narrative or Excel/QuickBooks data into professional client dashboards or board-packs so you spend less time creating and more time advising.
6. Deloitte Tax Pragya/Intela - uses GenAI to generate responses to complex tax queries so your firm accelerates research, reduces manual effort, and increases advisory precision.

Updates in AI

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GPT-5.2 Is Here Because Google Spooked Altman

GPT-5.2 wasn't planned. OpenAI threw it together in days because Google 'spooked' Altman. That's his word. The company you're betting your tech stack on is making major product moves based on competitor panic and vibes. Kind of important context for your next software decision.
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2

OpenAI’s Coding Bot Now Writes Most of Its Own Code

OpenAI's AI writes most of its own code now. Not some. Most. The company behind ChatGPT is being built by ChatGPT. Sam Altman calls it 'the beginning of exponential improvement.' Meanwhile, most firms are still debating whether to let staff use it for emails.
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3

AI Isn’t Making Hiring Fairer. It’s Moving the Goalposts.

AI hiring tools were supposed to eliminate bias. Instead, they're scoring candidates on eye contact. Word pacing. Smile frequency. Things with zero correlation to whether someone can actually do the job. The goalposts didn't disappear. They moved somewhere nobody can see them.
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Prompt Ideas

Generate Templates for Financial Review Agendas
**Role:** You are a **CFO consultant** who creates professional meeting agenda templates for client financial reviews. **Action:** Write a **Financial Review Agenda Template** for **[INSERT CLIENT TYPE OR MEETING FREQUENCY]**. **Context:** - Audience: internal accounting team or external client leads - Goal: structure review meetings for clarity and efficiency - Tone: concise, professional, and forward-looking - Style: bulleted or numbered agenda with time allocations - Variables: - **Client Type:** [Small Business / Franchise / Nonprofit] - **Meeting Frequency:** [Monthly / Quarterly / Annual] - **Report Focus:** [P&L / Cash Flow / KPIs] - Structure: 1. Welcome and review of previous action items 2. Key financial metrics discussion 3. Variance or trend analysis 4. Operational updates and decisions 5. Next steps and scheduling - Output Length: **150–250 words**