How to keep your chatbot from stealing your money

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🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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While artificial intelligence can be helpful for synthesizing complicated information, financial analysts urge consumers to avoid sharing personal financial information with chatbots. Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary outlines the risks.

And, amid an unpopular war in Iran and states pushing to redraw congressional maps, midterm elections are approaching. Republican analyst Charlie Dent and Democratic analyst Jamal Simmons weigh in on what it's going to take for their party's candidates to win.

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0:00.0	When you are podcast, Boston.
0:07.0	When you put that into the AI, it's online, y'all.
0:11.0	I mean, a lot of these scammers already have a lot of our information.
0:16.0	The information you can put in AI could fill the gaps.
0:20.0	Artificial intelligence might be impressive,
0:22.5	but think twice before you give it your personal financial information.
0:26.8	It's Wednesday, May 13th,
0:28.5	and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.
0:32.3	I'm Chris Bentley.
0:47.2	Thank you. The midterm elections are less than six months away, and the cost of living is still going up.
0:52.7	But President Trump said that's not his concern when he's still waging war on Iran. I don't think about American financial situation.
0:57.0	I don't think about anybody.
0:58.2	I think about one thing.
0:59.7	We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.
1:02.7	That's all.
1:03.4	In a few minutes, we'll hear from Democratic and Republican political strategists.
1:08.5	But first, people are turning to chatbots for all kinds of things. So why not
1:15.3	financial advice? Our favorite personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary of the Washington Post
1:21.5	says artificial intelligence can be a valuable tool for managing your money, but there are also big risks.
1:30.2	She shared some tips with Robin Young.
1:32.5	This is amazing how many people are doing this.
1:35.0	Talk briefly about how big it is.
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