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