ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
invoice after being developed to significantly automate basic tasks . For example , with accounting , once the data has been extracted you have to locate each side of the invoice to the right account . This was done manually , but AI is now skilled enough to automate that task .”
Dhatim ’ s product Conciliator is the leading digital assistant for cost optimisation based on AI , and has proven capable of making savings up to 25 % in all spend categories through deep analysis of invoices , reconciled with real usage and best practices via its ecosystem of digitised expertise . It ’ s a timely solution as Remaud warns that back offices and finance departments , regardless of industry sector , are going to be massively impacted by AI due to the sheer volume of manual work involved . Everything related to indirect procurement will become automated . “ As part of a company ’ s digital transformation , Dhatim Conciliator drastically changes the operational model , enabling endto-end integration of AI , data science , machine learning and deep learning in a seamless workflow ,” he asserts .
But how would Remaud address the
fears of those workers who feel their jobs are under threat from the further development of AI ? “ We have this idea from science fiction , but robots are not going to take our jobs and kill us all ,” he laughs . “ Education is key to explain what any new tech like AI does . The market has a duty to do this . Now we are seeing a true impact in certain areas of work . Today , we at Dhatim believe AI is enhancing the role of workers by taking away the repetitive
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