Accounting firms are scaling back the role of human auditors in routine testing of things like payroll and revenue contracts, long a critical part of their work, amid a greater reliance on AI agents.
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In this critical part of audits, the accountant’s role is shrinking fast
“Tomorrow, for those routine transactions, I think there will be next to no human beings in that bubble,” said Thomas Mackenzie, KPMG’s audit chief digital officer. “It will all be agents and orchestrators doing it.”
