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OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts

ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
OpenAI has integrated remote access to Codex within the ChatGPT mobile app, allowing users to control Codex sessions running on a connected computer directly from their phones. It has also introduced personal-finance features for U.S. ChatGPT Pro users, partnering with Plaid to let users link bank accounts and receive personalized spending analysis and financial advice.
Written from all 7 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Engadget·The ChatGPT desktop app for Mac just got hit with a security breach
- The Verge·OpenAI’s Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app
- TechMeme·OpenAI adds remote access to Codex in the ChatGPT mobile app, letting users control Codex sessions running on a connected computer directly from a phone (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
- The Verge·OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts
- TechCrunch·OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts
- Engadget·ChatGPT will offer personalized financial advice (if you connect your bank account)
- TechMeme·OpenAI debuts personal finance tools for US ChatGPT Pro users, partnering with Plaid to give access to 12K+ financial institutions to analyze spending and more (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
- Hacker News·OpenAI is connecting ChatGPT to bank accounts via Plaid
- Ars Technica·OpenAI feels “burned” by Apple’s crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say
- The Next Web·OpenAI wants ChatGPT to see your bank account. The pitch is convenience. The risk is everything else.
- Engadget·OpenAI is offering ChatGPT Plus to citizens of Malta for a year
- Hacker News·OpenAI and Malta partner to bring ChatGPT Plus to all citizens
- TechMeme·OpenAI partners with Malta's AI for All initiative to give citizens a free year of ChatGPT Plus if they complete a University of Malta AI literacy course (Cointelegraph)
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