Software and AI
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What AI takes from your accountant, and what stays
A new assessment splits the accounting firm's work into the half that automates and the half that needs a licensed signature.
Two invoicing systems moved into the chat window
Holdings and HoneyBook opened MCP servers that issue invoices and collect payment from a chat with Claude or ChatGPT. Where it breaks for an Israeli business.
QuickBooks adds an AI agent to chase unpaid invoices
Intuit's August 2026 update adds a Payments Agent that writes reminders and suggests late fees, and an Accounting Agent that categorises transactions.
ChatGPT dropped the message limit for free users
From 10 August 2026, unlimited text chat on a free account with GPT-5.6 Luna and a Think button. What that gives a freelancer, and what stays capped.
AI-generated receipts are now most of expense fraud
AppZen data: in 14 months, receipts generated by an image model went from zero to 70.8 percent of the fakes it caught. Why looking at the image stopped working.
An AI ran a store, fired a worker and lost $40,000
Claude managed a real San Francisco store, fired an employee for the first time and lost $38,814 of $100,000. What that says about handing an agent authority.
Claude now watermarks the text it writes for you
Anthropic said on 11 August 2026 that new Claude models embed an invisible mark in every response. What that changes for a business writing with AI.
An AI agent cancelled someone else's booking
A harmless gym errand ended with another member's reservation deleted. What to check before handing an AI agent a password to a live system.
From 4% to 100%: AI now checks every tax return
The Authority is moving from sample checks to AI scanning of every return. The voluntary disclosure window closes on 31 August 2026.