KPMG to Use Agentic AI Tools to Complete Routine Audit Tasks

KPMG is accelerating its implementation of next-generation artificial intelligence to help its auditors with tasks such as expense reviews and searching for unrecorded liabilities.

KPMG International and KPMG member firms that provide audit, tax, and advisory services are building new AI tools, also known as “agents,” into their global audit platform, the professional services network said Wednesday. The tools are designed to automate routine tasks so more than 95,000 auditors globally can focus on high-risk areas of the audit process.

So-called agentic AI builds on generative AI’s abilities by performing tasks autonomously, with minimal human intervention. Combined, KPMG and its ...