Taming the mess with bespoke AI

The real world is messy. For thousands of years, accountants have been there to tame that mess. Just as computers led to an explosion in the volume and complexity of data and insights that were achievable, AI now promises to do the same. But AI is so much more than ChatGPT and Large Language Models. Grant Thornton UK’s research lab has designed their own AI architecture for accounting data, accessing unprecedented levels of depth and relational richness inside the debits and credits. This session introduces the lab and presents their AI’s spooky ability to find missing transactions in a general ledger.