Ahmed Bawa: AI must support, not replace, advisers

'Just because AI can - in theory - perform a particular role, we need to ask whether it's a good idea'

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Ahmed Bawa explores why, in his view, AI should support, not replace, advisers...

While we are still in the early days when it comes to artificial intellegence, there are people turning to it for help with their finances. Studies last year by Finder, for example, found that a significant proportion of younger people are using the likes of ChatGPT and Claude to help them manage their money. There can be cases where such usage makes sense. It's one thing to share a credit card statement or two, to get a breakdown of precisely where you're spending money each month and where savings can be made. But when the AI is being asked bigger, more impactful questions, like which ...

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