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Can AI replace financial planners?

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published July 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM EDT

According to a Credit Karma survey from last summer, 66% of Americans who have used generative AI say they’ve used it for financial advice. But is it safe?

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan talks with Jill Schlesinger, CBS News business analyst and host of the new podcast “Money Moves,” to unpack when you should and shouldn’t use AI for financial advice.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.