Bloomberg CTO: AI chat interfaces will replace traditional terminals, with 125k users already in beta testing

AIMPACT News, April 28 (UTC+8), according to Beating monitoring, Bloomberg is testing a chatbot-style interface called ASKB, planning to fully replace the way users operate the traditional Bloomberg Terminal. ASKB is built on multiple language models. Users can ask investment arguments directly in natural language, such as “How will the Iran war and changes in oil prices affect my investment portfolio,” and the system will synthesize multi-dimensional data and deliver analysis within a few minutes. The beta version has been rolled out to about one-third of terminal users—roughly 125,000 people.

Bloomberg CTO Shawn Edwards said clearly in an interview with Wired: “This will be the new terminal—the main way most interactions will take place.” He added that the graphical interface will not disappear, but analysis and workflows will begin with ASKB. ASKB supports creating workflow templates and setting scheduled or condition-based triggers—for example, automatically pulling peer comparisons, fundamentals, and Wall Street expectations for target companies during earnings season, then generating bullish and bearish summaries.

Edwards acknowledged the system “can never be perfect,” but emphasized that Bloomberg never provides buy or sell signals; users always make their own decisions. For hallucination prevention, Bloomberg adds verification at every step: cross-checking summarized facts back against the original paragraphs, semantic reversal detection, and citation link verification. When asked whether “vibe coding can replace the Bloomberg Terminal,” Edwards responded: “You won’t rely on vibe coding for a critical decision-making system.”

(Source: BlockBeats)