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 ruleSponsorsShareFile - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/sharefileCCH Axcess - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/axcessSuiteFiles - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/suitefilesChapters
(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
Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpeShow NotesKPMG pens deal with MindBridge to apply AI to digital audits | Accounting Todayhttps://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 Todayhttps://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 Todayhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/audit-firms-remove-partners-who-fault-clients-internal-controls BDO Alliance poll of managing partners on 150-hour rulehttps://twitter.com/BlakeTOliver/status/1654553693830914048 TurboTax customers to receive checks for $141M settlement        https://apnews.com/article/turbotax-inuit-settlement-checks-mail-0c01cf25aa34693163886d135f7a6560Accounting automation developer Gappify scores $10mhttps://fintech.global/2023/05/02/accounting-automation-developer-gappify-scores-10m/             Intuit’s shifthttps://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 Examhttps://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2023/04/chatgpt-just-failed-this-accounting-exam.html Accounting clerk created original art on billing statements to help a patient healhttps://www.cbsnews.com/video/accounting-clerk-created-original-art-on-billing-statements-to-help-a-patient-heal/Get in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a f