ChatGPT Can Now See Your Bank Account—Here's What That Actually Means

The Musk v. Altman trial came to a close this week, and the final arguments kept circling back to one question: can we trust the people in charge of AI? All of this is playing out as SpaceX charges toward what could be one of the largest IPOs in American history, with a whole generation of founders already spinning out […]

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The post ChatGPT Can Now See Your Bank Account—Here’s What That Actually Means appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief ChatGPT can now connect to over 12,000 financial institutions via Plaid, giving it read-only access to your balances, transactions, and subscriptions. The feature launches in preview for ChatGPT Pro users in the U.S. and defaults to GPT-5.5 Thinking, OpenAI’s latest reasoning model. OpenAI acquired two AI finance startups in the past year—Roi and Hiro—to build toward this moment. ChatGPT has been giving generic budgeting advice for years. You know the drill: track your subscriptions, automate your savings, maybe cook at home more. But some people wanted more—for some reason. If you are one of those people, OpenAI just launched a personal finance feature in ChatGPT that connects to your actual bank accounts and answers money questions based on what you’ve actually spent—not what the average American spends. It’s rolling out to Pro subscribers ($200/month) in the U

The post Foresight Ventures: AI Agents Are Moving Beyond Chatbots Into Commerce appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Foresight Ventures says AI agents are moving into commerce and payment infrastructure worldwide. OpenAI, Visa, Stripe, and Coinbase are building systems for AI-driven transactions globally. The report says execution data and feedback loops may shape future AI infrastructure competition. Foresight Ventures says AI agents are becoming part of online commerce systems. In its latest report, the firm explained how companies are building systems that allow AI agents to handle payments, transactions, and automated tasks. The next stage of AI growth may depend on execution systems instead of chatbot features alone. AI Agents Are Taking on More Online Tasks In a report released on May 8, Foresight Ventures reported that AI agents are moving beyond simple chat tools and starting to complete real-world tasks. The report describes “agentic commerce” as a system where AI agents can s

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OpenAI announced yet another reorganization Friday, consolidating certain areas and making company president Greg Brockman the official lead of all things product. In a memo viewed by The Verge, Brockman wrote that since OpenAI's product strategy for this year is to go all-in on AI agents, the company is combining its products to "invest in a single agentic platform and to merge ChatGPT and Codex into one unified agentic experience for all." To do this, the company is making a suite of org chart changes, although it's still operating under some of the same ones from last month. That's when AGI boss Fidji Simo went on medical leave and Open … Read the full story at The Verge.

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OpenAI launches a ChatGPT personal finance preview for US Pro users, adding account connections, dashboards, and financial memories. The post OpenAI launches ChatGPT personal finance preview for US Pro users appeared first on Crypto Briefing.