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Several practice-management and bookkeeping tools now ship an AI feature alongside the software a practice already runs. The convenience of "it's already there" is real. So is the question of what rules it runs under.
It needs no new login, sits inside a workflow staff already know, and the supplier already handles the practice's data. Established practice products are also broader than Cast & Rule and available today. For a clearly scoped, well-documented feature inside software the practice already trusts, that's a sensible place to start.
An AI feature added to existing software doesn't automatically follow the same rules as the accounts or documents underneath it. What it sees, what it logs and whether a partner has to sign off its output varies by supplier, and isn't always documented as clearly as the software's main job.
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Where Cast & Rule differs
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Where client data goesDetail | Processed by the supplier's AI feature Processed by the supplier's AI feature, under whatever terms cover that feature, which aren't always the same as the main product's. | Local hardware the practice controls
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Who signs offDetail | Varies by supplier and feature Varies by supplier and feature. Some established products already include approval steps and fixed workflows. | A named partner signs off each piece A named partner rules on each piece of prepared work before it goes anywhere. |
What is loggedDetail | Whatever the feature logs Whatever the supplier's feature logs; sometimes documented, sometimes not shown to the practice. | What the AI did, in a locked Ledger
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Which firm rules applyDetail | The supplier's defaults The supplier's defaults, adjustable as far as its settings allow. | The practice's own, on each task
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Who controls the AI's instructionsDetail | The supplier The supplier, who can change the feature or the model at any time. | Signed, versioned tasks
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Where it runsDetail | The supplier's servers The supplier's servers, alongside the rest of that product. | A local model on the practice's hardware
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An add-on's convenience comes from being bundled with software already in use. Cast & Rule sits alongside that software, not in place of it.Ask any supplier, Cast & Rule included, exactly what its AI feature logs, where client data is processed and who has to approve its output before it reaches a client.
Questions partners ask
That's a decision for the practice, based on what that supplier says about data use, logging and sign-off. This page describes the general pattern, not any one product.
Where client data goes when the AI processes it, whether it trains a model, what is logged, and whether any output reaches a client without a named person approving it first.
No. It works alongside the practice's existing software, starting from exports or read-only connections.
One practice first
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