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Good morning, friends. The federal government told Anthropic this week that it needs permission before foreign nationals can use its most powerful AI models. At the same time, 69% of tax professionals say AI is already saving them hours on research — but fewer than 5% have figured out what to charge for that faster work. Big companies are sitting on $18 trillion in AI value they cannot actually use because their own systems are too old to run it. Who controls AI, who prices it and who answers when it goes wrong is the story in finance right now.
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In This Morning's Issue
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69% Plan New Billing Models. Almost None Have Built One.
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No. 01
| ACCOUNTING AI
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69% Plan New Billing Models. Almost None Have Built One.
A survey of 1,000 U.S. tax professionals found AI use in tax research jumped from 33% to 60% in one year. Most say the time savings are real. But 69% plan to change how they bill clients, and almost none have built a new billing model yet.
The Signal — When AI cuts research time in half, hourly billing breaks. You are either charging too little for hours the AI saved or losing money on hours that never happened. The same survey found a second problem: most finance teams cannot explain their AI decisions to an auditor. That is a serious risk as regulators start asking harder questions. What to watch: Clients will start asking what AI means for their bill. If you do not have an answer ready, get one before they ask.
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External links — the most worth-clicking AI items from around the web this week.
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Workflow of the Week
Cetrom SENTINEL (cetrom.net)
Cetrom SENTINEL catches sensitive client data before it leaves your firm through an AI prompt. It strips the data out before anything gets sent to an outside AI platform. Built for CPA firms. Currently in beta.
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From the Archive
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That's the dispatch.
If something here changed how you think this week, hit reply and tell me. I read every one.
— Jim
Jim Smart · Founder, Nexairi
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