TurboTax-maker Intuit offers an AI agent that provides financial tips

Intuit launched an AI assistant called Intuit Assist for TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp.
Intuit Assist provides personalized financial recommendations and can assist with decision-making.
It uses Intuit's GenOS large language model platform, fine-tuned on Intuit's financial data.
Intuit Assist aims to help users file taxes faster, get financial advice, create marketing campaigns, etc.
Intuit says Intuit Assist competes well against other AI systems in internal accuracy testing.

arstechnica.com

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Posted 9/6/2023, 10:19:27 PM