AI may finally automate parts of audit work
Jackyhuang · x · 2026-07-21
Every year, public-company audit teams spend thousands of hours testing controls and preparing work papers, costing millions of dollars. The post argues that this workflow resisted automation for decades because it is a reasoning-heavy problem rather than a simple rules engine task.
It says long-context reasoning models and agentic tool use have recently changed the equation, making audit a plausible target for automation after years of stagnation.
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