I saw an OpenAI update this week that I thought was worth sharing here. Voice is getting a lot more useful. ChatGPT Voice can now work inside Projects and use the context that’s already there, including project instructions, uploaded sources, and recent chats. You can also upload something during a voice conversation and talk through it with ChatGPT. That caught my attention because I don’t always want to sit there and type detailed feedback. Sometimes it’s much easier to explain what I don’t like about a draft out loud, especially when I know something is off but need to talk through why. I can see myself opening a Project I’m already working in, reviewing what ChatGPT created, and just talking through my edits. Since it has the Project context, I wouldn’t have to start over explaining what I’m working on every time. I haven’t played with this enough yet to know how well it’ll fit into my regular workflow, but I’m definitely going to experiment with it. Has anyone here tried using Voice inside a Project yet? I’d be interested to hear how you’re using it.

I have become quite fed up with QBOA. Wish the old Desktop were still around. That being said, anyone else been been frustrated? Any other accounting software you recommend? The AI built into QBOA is making more problems with incorrect COA entries.

So I've done just a few things in Claude and maxed out since I'm on free account. Decided to go ahead and upgrade from the free plan to the Pro plan. Paid the $220.00 (yearly with tax included in the price). Takes me back to the login page and now says my account has been banned! Like, wth! And they've taken my payment. So I go to appeal the ban of course. The appeal form right off asks for your Organization ID which is found in your account which when you've been banned you can't access. Without this you can't appeal the ban. No email or chat with a real person only their AI bot. And it wants you to login. Can't do that but it does give you a button to push if you can't login. Do that. Gives you the option to "help troubleshoot" or "account has been disabled". So I choose account disabled. It immediately tells me how to appeal with the appeal form that you can't fill out because you can't get into your account and ends the chat immediately without allowing you to respond. Ok so go back in and tell it to help troubleshoot and tell it what has happened and that one can't fill out the form without being able to get the required info from the account. It again gives me the appeal form info and ends the conversation. There's no email to be able to send any info to, no way to contact an actual person to assist in this. So I'm out $220 and no way to get it back. Ask me if I'm interested in learning more about Claude now - ain't no way And this also means that the appeals process is in name only and no real way to actually appeal

Let’s hear how AI is actually helping us in the real world. Finish this sentence: 👉 “AI has helped me ______.” Could be serious. Could be silly. Could be both. 👇 Add your answer in the comments... and read a few others while you’re there. Let’s get inspired.

Big news: Intuit (the company behind QuickBooks, TurboTax, and Mailchimp) has partnered with OpenAI to deeply integrate AI into their product ecosystem. This means apps like QuickBooks will soon be able to connect directly to ChatGPT. So, what does that mean for us in the accounting space? 🧠 AI-powered workflows are about to get much more practical inside tools we already use 💬 Client conversations, forecasting, and compliance could soon include real-time GPT guidance 💻 ChatGPT connectors to QuickBooks may reshape how we do reconciliations, reports, and insights 💡 Opportunity for firms who understand AI first—before clients do it themselves And one big thought: If this becomes mainstream, how will your firm differentiate itself? I’d love to know… 👉 Are you using any GPT integrations or AI tools inside accounting platforms yet? 👉 How do you see this shift impacting your work? Drop your thoughts in the comments 👇 (And if you want to read more, here’s the original article: TechCrunch link)