Experts warn of privacy risks as AI firms looks to connect to financial accounts
OpenAI announced Friday that it is rolling out a new ChatGPT feature allowing users to connect all of their financial accounts to the chatbot for personal finance advice.
OpenAI announced Friday that it is rolling out a new ChatGPT feature allowing users to connect all of their financial accounts to the chatbot for personal finance advice, a move which is raising concerns among privacy and cybersecurity experts.
The financial tech company Plaid, which connects individuals’ bank accounts to third party financial apps, is supporting the new feature. In the near future, the ChatGPT financial planning platform will also be powered by Intuit, which offers personal finance, tax prep and small business accounting software.
The feature is now available for paid subscribers to ChatGPT Pro, but will be rolled out to Plus users in the future, with the “goal of making it available to everyone” in the future, according to a ChatGPT blog post about the offering.
Source: https://therecord.media/experts-warn-of-privacy-cyber-risks-ai-finance
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