New image-generating AIs are being used for fake expense reports

""This isn't a future threat; it's already happening. While currently only a small percentage of non-compliant receipts are AI-generated, this is only going to grow," said Sebastien Marchon, chief executive of Rydoo, an expense management platform."

""The tech can look at everything with high details of focus and attention that humans, after a period of time, things fall through the cracks, they are human," added Calvin Lee, senior director of product management at Ramp."

""There is zero barrier for entry for people to do this. You don't need any kind of technological skills or aptitude like you maybe would have needed five years ago using Photoshop.""

AI-generated receipts increasingly mimic real receipts with wrinkles, detailed itemization matching menus, and signatures, making detection by human reviewers difficult. Expense management platforms report a small but growing share of non-compliant receipts created by AI. Detection tools inspect image metadata and contextual information such as repeated server names, timestamps, and employee travel details, but metadata can be removed via screenshots or rephotography. Companies are deploying AI to identify patterns and inconsistencies that humans often miss. Research indicates a majority of chief financial officers suspect employees use AI to falsify expenses, and experts warn the barrier to creating fraudulent receipts is now minimal.

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