{"id":19858,"date":"2024-10-08T15:01:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T14:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/?p=19858"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T13:53:56","slug":"ai-finance-cfo-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/ai-finance-cfo-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"AI in finance guidance helps bridge the gap between hype and reality\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/category\/technology-innovation\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Technology &amp; 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