PricewaterhouseCoopers' new U.S. lead partner arrived ahead of schedule, with Paul Griggs taking the reins early after the firm announced it would unwind the controversial restructuring his predecessor had introduced.

Anyone in the accounting profession with a whit of human intelligence knows by now that  artificial intelligence will transform the industry over the next few years. This might be the most important way: It's going to de-value commoditized "...