AI could be costing you money: new study finds chatbots get most financial questions wrong
AI AI could be costing you money: new study finds chatbots get most financial questions wrong News By Elton Jones Published 21 September 2026 It turns out chatbots don’t give the most reliable answers to financial questions When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Claude Haiku 4.5 got the distinction of being the worst-performing free model, as it gave out wrong or incomplete answers 82% of the time. You will receive a confirmation email shortly."},"failureMessage":"There was a problem.
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AI AI could be costing you money: new study finds chatbots get most financial questions wrong News By Elton Jones Published 21 September 2026 It turns out chatbots don’t give the most reliable answers to financial questions When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Copy link Facebook X Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter It’s not much of a shock when you read that AI users are tapping into the pools of knowledge AI houses to help them with their financial inquiries.One just needs to look at the stats—according to data produced by Intuit Credit Karma that was detailed by Credit Karma, “66% of…
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