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Jess Weatherbed
Thompson Reuters is building AI agents with OpenAI.
The first to launch is CoCounsel for tax, audit, and accounting professionals, which can perform tasks like client file reviews, memo drafting, and compliance checks. An agentic tax prep application that can draft tax returns is also in the works, called Ready to Review, though there's no mention of when this will be available.
Thomson Reuters Ushers in the Next Era of AI with Launch of Agentic Intelligence
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