As the April 15 filing deadline approaches, many taxpayers will be tempted to outsource one of the year’s most hectic chores to a chatbot. It’s an easy impulse to understand. Large language models have become remarkably effective at translating dense text into usable explanations. They are already transforming how scientists conduct research and how software engineers write code. But taxes punish confident-sounding errors: a graceful explanation is not the same thing as a correct return.
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