{"slug": "ai-in-accounting-how-to-work-smart-while-staying-safe", "title": "AI In Accounting: How To Work Smart While Staying Safe", "summary": "Forbes Councils member Filip Borcov published guidance on using AI in accounting, advising that firms grant AI tools only the access they need — for example, an invoice API that returns invoices should not have access to the rest of the accounting system. The piece frames scoped permissions as the way to work efficiently with AI while staying safe.", "body_md": "# AI In Accounting: How To Work Smart While Staying Safe\n\nBy Filip Borcov, Forbes Councils MemberSource: \n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)\nIf you ask the invoice API for invoices, it can return invoices; it does not need access to everything else in the accounting system.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-in-accounting-how-to-work-smart-while-staying-safe", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-in-accounting-how-to-work-smart-while-staying-safe-mfd9", "published_at": "2026-09-17 13:30:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-17 14:54:05.033336+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products"], "entities": ["Forbes", "Filip Borcov"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-in-accounting-how-to-work-smart-while-staying-safe", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-in-accounting-how-to-work-smart-while-staying-safe.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-in-accounting-how-to-work-smart-while-staying-safe.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-in-accounting-how-to-work-smart-while-staying-safe.jsonld"}}