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This Thursday morning, OpenAI has launched a new personal finance feature within ChatGPT that asks for direct access to your bank balances, debts, and transactions. Both Gritdaily.com and PocketSmith warn that while ChatGPT's standard answers are correct 79% of the time, and 82.5% for paid users, roughly one in five financial answers could be incorrect with no warning. This data, including your spending habits, will be visible to a company that uses advertising. In other OpenAI news, the default ChatGPT model, GPT-5.5 Instant, has been updated. Digit.in and Let's Data Science report this new version is smarter, better understands user intent, and is "much more fun to talk to." Critically, it makes 52.5% fewer "hallucinated claims" on important topics like medicine and law, and reduces incorrect answers by over 37%. This update, which also improves complex request handling and location-based recommendations, is rolling out to all users. Meanwhile, a major acquisition sees SpaceX acquiring AI coding firm Cursor's parent company, Anysphere, for a record $60 billion in an all-stock deal. Tech Times reports Cursor also unveiled Origin, a git hosting platform built for AI agents, and Cursor Mobile. Cursor is training a new 1.5-trillion-parameter model on SpaceX's Colossus supercomputer. Messaging app Viber is integrating ChatGPT-powered tools, including instant translation, a dedicated ChatGPT contact, and Image Remix, according to speed.ph. Users must give explicit consent to OpenAI’s terms before their first use. Notion is also making big AI moves, bringing Claude agents directly into workspaces. Let's Data Science and Lapaas Voice explain these agents can chat, answer questions, generate content, and update pages, but only on content they have permission to access. Finally, Apple's iOS 27, announced at WWDC 2026, will allow users to replace Siri with other AI services like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. ibtimes.sg notes this is a major shift, positioning the iPhone as a hub for multiple AI models and offering users more choice in their default AI assistant. For you, this means new AI financial tools offer convenience but carry significant risks to your data and accuracy. However, AI assistants like ChatGPT are becoming more accurate and reliable, while your smartphone could soon become a personalized AI hub, allowing you to pick your preferred AI for different tasks.