FASB studies AI use in financial data analysis
CFO Dive
MARCH 3, 2023
The surge in use of conversational artificial intelligence has prompted scrutiny of the technology’s role in financial decisions.
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According to Terry Smagh , senior vice president & general manager, Asia Pacific & Japan, BlackLine, the company undertook the study is to understand and recognise the critical role that financial data plays in informing businesses about strategy and continuity, the poor visibility if any, and the lack of real-time access to data.
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