Advisers urged to steer clear of 'hyperscale' AI models

‘You are feeding your eventual replacement’

Sophia Panayi
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Aveni chief product officer Ben Cave has warned advisers against using hyperscale artificial intelligence (AI) models during a panel discussion at The Financial Advice Summit 2026.

Hosted by Money Honey chartered financial planner Jane Hodges, the panel - which also included Jigsaw Tree managing director Chris Baigent-Reed, Intelliflo director of customer success Jesse Robinson and Dynamic Planner financial services director Chris Jones - discussed how advisers should be using AI throughout their practice. Cave stressed: "The one thing that you can live without is those hyperscale models." Currently AI is not going to replace advisers, it is going to replace the type of work they do, according to the panel. However, if a hyperscale AI company had access to ev...

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