The AI Coming to Microsoft Products for Accountants with Ashley Francis, CPA

We're joined by Ashley the CPA (@seattle_tax) to talk about artificial intelligence coming soon to Microsoft products plus all the news you can use at the intersection of accounting and technology. Sponsors ShareFile - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/sharefile Tech Guru - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/techguru Helcim - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/helcim Chapters (00:00) - ChatGPT is only the beginning (01:23) - Introduction and welcome Ashley to the show (03:12) - Microsoft Copilot updates (09:08) - A new Microsoft Teams is coming (11:11) - Report from Microsoft says meetings are the #1 productivity killer (16:26) - A very small percentage of accountants are using these tools (20:57) - How is consistency with AI? (23:09) - Personalized training for these AI's (33:56) - ChatGPT ads plugins (37:28) - TurboTax is adding AI (42:26) - Why should you learn AI now? (48:23) - Tell us about your newsletter Ashley (58:18) - Blake asks ChatGPT to book him a flight (01:01:52) - Wrap up and where to reach us Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Show Notes Microsoft Crunches Some Data to Find Out Teams is the Biggest Productivity Killer at Work https://www.goingconcern.com/microsoft-crunches-some-data-to-find-out-teams-is-the-biggest-productivity-killer-at-work/ The No. 1 workplace distraction that kills productivity, according to Microsoft https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/09/the-no-1-workplace-distraction-that-kills-productivity-according-to-microsoft.html Meet our Guest, Ashley Francis, CPA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-francis-0115073/ Website: https://kitchentableautomations.substack.com/ Get in Touch Thanks 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 favor and write a review on iTunes , or Podchaser . Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus , and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram ! You can now call us and leave a voicemail, maybe we'll play it on the show. DIAL (202) 695-1040 Need Accounting Conference Info? Check out our new website - accountingconferences.com Limited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessities TeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merch Subscribe Apple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcasts Podchaser: http://cloudacctpod.link/podchaser Spotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/Spotify Stitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/Stitcher Overcast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CloudAccountingPodcast Classifieds Client Hub - https://clienthub.app/ Future Firm Accelerate - https://futurefirmaccelerate.com/cap Uncat - https://www.uncat.com/ Nett Tracker - h ttps://www.nett-tracker.com/ FinDaily - https://findaily.io/ Benchmark Growth - https://marketingforaccountingfirms.com/mastermind/ Want to get the word out about your newsletter, webinar, party, Facebook group, podcast, e-book, job posting, or that fancy Excel macro you just created? Why not let the listeners of The Cloud Accounting Podcast know by running a classified ad? Hit the link below to get more info. Go here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd The full transcript for this episode is available by clicking on the Transcript tab at the top of this page