{"podcast":{"title":"APNow","slug":"apnow-1047497","podcast_index_feed_id":1047497,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/apnow/feed.xml","website_url":"https://apnow.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4711704/podcastlogo_-square.jpg","author":"Mary Schaeffer","episode_count":100,"summary":"Worried about keeping up with changing best practices, fraud, technology, regulatory concerns, and new processes impacting your accounts payable function? The AP Now podcast, hosted by Mary Schaeffer, one of the leading accounts payable experts, is for you. Mary will be joined by other thought leaders and practitioners for some episodes. In others, she’ll examine a prevailing issue or trend by herself. This weekly broadcast is especially designed to provide the needed business intelligence related to the payment and accounts payable functions. It’s for those who work in, manage, have responsibility for, or provide services to the accounts payable function. Find the AP Now podcast wherever you listen to podcasts or head over to www.ap-now.com, and sign up for our ezine to be alerted to new issues.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T02:31:35.064900+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/apnow-1047497"},"episode":{"title":"6 Surprisingly Simple AI Shortcuts: Eliminate Tedious Tasks and Help Solve Real Life Problems","slug":"6-surprisingly-simple-ai-shortcuts-eliminate-tedious-tasks-and-help-solve-real-life-problems","published_at":"2025-12-04T20:40:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/apnow-1047497/6-surprisingly-simple-ai-shortcuts-eliminate-tedious-tasks-and-help-solve-real-life-problems","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/apnow-1047497","url":"https://apnow.podbean.com/e/6-surprisingly-simple-ai-shortcuts-eliminate-tedious-tasks-and-help-solve-real-life-problems/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fr9ws8qytusq4iba/6_ai_tricksbmzjk.mp3","summary":"I’m about to show you six ridiculously simple AI tricks that saved me hours of boring, soul-sucking work — including one that’s so embarrassing I almost didn’t record this video. And of course, it’s the one that will probably save you the most time and aggravation. #aishorcuts #aiatwork #aiaccountspayable Over the next few minutes, you’ll hear: • how AI can summarize almost anything — even things you can’t fully access, • how to clean up messy data in seconds, • how to get AI to do the math that Excel refuses to cooperate with, • how to instantly analyze data and create visuals, • how to let your Zoom calls take their own notes, • and how to get suggestions that are actually helpful — not the kind your friends offer that make you silently regret asking. And stick with me, because the last shortcut is the one I never expected to work… but it did — and it was shockingly good. Link to Microsoft Copilot Beginner Tutorial https://youtu.be/hDq70R9PeeU Subscribe for more tips and insights like this: https://www.youtube.com/APNow?sub_confirmation=1 Looking for more of the most current business intelligence about + Best practices around your payment and accounts payable function + Current and new fraud protection protocols + The newest technology impacting your accounting, accounts payable, and payment functions + Career advancement +And much more!! +++++++++++++++++++++++ See most recent videos at: https://www.youtube.com/@APNow/videos See all short tips at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-He5ELp9TP3wqQdHIbfIcFAB Learn more about AP Best Practices; Playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HcvMSJTdNs0BCQJ0Ivb4l9V Learn more about Internal Controls in AP; Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HdV9JIterJ-bf6TwMset_z_ Looki…","meta_description":"I’m about to show you six ridiculously simple AI tricks that saved me hours of boring, soul-sucking work — including one that’s so embarrassing I almost d…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":576,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/apnow-1047497/episodes/6-surprisingly-simple-ai-shortcuts-eliminate-tedious-tasks-and-help-solve-real-life-problems/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/apnow-1047497/6-surprisingly-simple-ai-shortcuts-eliminate-tedious-tasks-and-help-solve-real-life-problems.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}