Beyond utilizing the Plaid platform, OpenAI promises that it built the experience to "respect your privacy." The company was hit with a class action lawsuit over claims that it shared ChatGPT data with Google and Meta. The company is also embroiled in a lawsuit with controversial former board member Elon Musk who called the company a "safety risk." The announcement post says that users are always in control of their information and can disconnect accounts at any time, though it will take 30 days for synced account data to be deleted from OpenAI's systems. You can also delete financial memories
'What sane individual feels comfortable giving this level of access to OpenAI': ChatGPT can now link your bank accounts for personal finance, but the reactions are pretty telling… How Siri Extensions would work The idea behind Extensions is to natively link AI chatbots into iOS and Siri's voice controls . This effectively hands off certain AI features to a third-party service, without sacrificing the convenience of native voice controls. …
… The tool lets you "securely" link accounts through Plaid, which lets you connect your bank accounts to various apps and services. …