OpenAI wants access to your wallet. On Friday, the company released a preview version of a personal finance feature for U.S.-based ChatGPT Pro users. Select users will now be able to connect their accounts across more than 12,000 financial institutions to the chatbot to view a financial dashboard of their recent account activity and to ask ChatGPT “questions grounded in your financial context,” the company announced in a press release. The feature also includes a partnership with financial software company Intuit, in which users will be able to schedule sessions with local tax experts all within ChatGPT. The goal is to eventually make the feature available to all users. “With your financial accounts connected, ChatGPT can combine that reasoning with your real financial context and what you’ve shared about your goals, lifestyle, and priorities, helping you spot patterns, understand tradeoffs, and plan for big decisions in a way that feels more personal and complete,” the company said.
That context can include whether you have a mortgage, if you’re saving up to buy a car, or any debt you are trying to pay off. ChatGPT can remember all that to “inform future conversations” where users might ask the chatbot to analyze changes in spending patterns, figure out the biggest risks in their portfolios, or build out a plan to buy a house in the next five years.
