The Bloomberg Terminal Is Getting an AI Makeover, Like It or Not

The Bloomberg Terminal Is Getting an AI Makeover, Like It or Not

WIRED spoke with Bloomberg’s chief technology officer about the big, chatbot-style changes coming to the iconic platform for traders.

Bloomberg is testing an AI tool on its terminal

Bloomberg is testing a chatbot-style interface for its terminal to help finance professionals condense labor-intensive tasks, reports Joel Khalili of Wired. Khalili interviewed chief technology officer Shawn Edwards about the effort. Here is an excerpt: Bloomberg pitches ASKB as a form of agentic AI. On its face, it looks more like a chatbot interface than something that necessarily automates tasks. […]

The Bloomberg Terminal Is Getting an AI Makeover

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: For its famous intractability, the Bloomberg Terminal has long inspired devotion, bordering on obsession. Among traders, the ability to chart a path through the software's dizzying scrolls of numbers and text to isolate far-flung information is the mar...