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ZDNET’s key takeaways
- You can now test the AI-powered Google Finance through Labs.
- The feature lets you talk to a chatbot and access advanced tools.
- The chatbot won’t give you financial advice.
US users can now opt in to test drive the new Google Finance, the company said Wednesday.
A few weeks ago, Google announced that Google Finance, its platform that offers financial information and news, tools for tracking stocks, and more, was getting an AI makeover.
If you missed the initial post, the new Google Finance includes several upgrades. It has improved charting tools to help you visualize data, more real-time data about commodities and cryptocurrencies, a live news feed that lets you see up-to-the-minute headlines, and more.
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Perhaps the biggest upgrade, though, is an AI chatbot that lets you ask finance-related questions. If you’re a beginner, you can ask for basic strategies. If you’re more advanced, you can talk about in-depth strategies.
While the chatbot can answer data-driven questions like “What stocks experienced the highest percentage gains yesterday?”, you can’t ask for recommendations. When I tried to get the AI chatbot to recommend stocks based on certain parameters, it said that it couldn’t as doing so would constitute “financial advice,” which it wasn’t qualified to give.
How to sign up for the new AI-powered Google Finance
To try out the redesigned Google Finance, you’ll need to head to Google Labs. Look for the toggle that says, “Turn this experiment on or off to access the new Google Finance.” After that, tap “Try Google Finance.” Once you’re in, you’ll see the new tool.
Fortunately, Google said there will be a toggle if you want to stick with the classic version of Finance.
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