OpenAI, Thrive, and Crete build self-improving tax agent with Codex
The promise of a tax agent that learns and improves on its own sounds like a perfect use case for AI—until you consider that one hallucinated deduction could land a client in audit limbo.
Deep Dive
OpenAI, Thrive, and Crete built a self-improving tax agent with Codex that automates filings, improves accuracy, and accelerates workflows.
Key Points
- Self-improving AI agents in regulated domains like tax face a fundamental trade-off between autonomy and accountability.
- The US tax software market is $10B+, but liability and hallucination risks could limit adoption of fully autonomous agents.
- OpenAI's partnership with Thrive and Crete signals a push into enterprise verticals, but regulatory hurdles remain the biggest barrier.
Why It Matters
AI's move into tax compliance tests the limits of autonomous decision-making in highly regulated industries.