Money Box Live: Would you let AI manage your money?

We look at whether artificial intelligence is a help, or a hazard when it comes to helping you with your personal finances.

One in five adults in the UK - around 11 million people - are already open to the idea of using AI to manage their finances, according to the Financial Conduct Authority. But using AI to manage our money is not without risk. The FCA, the organisation tasked with keeping us financially safe, says that regulators are in an "arms race" to keep up with AI in financial services. We speak to the man behind its new report, Sheldon Mills.

And with the increase in AI useage likely to attract the scammers and the deepfakers, just how will regulation evolve to protect us?

Alongside presenter Ruth Alexander and taking listener questions is Simon Belshaw who is Chief Client Officer at the investment company Hargreaves Lansdown. And we hear from Elle Farrell-Kingsley, and advocate for AI ethics who has previously worked on artificial intelligence for one of the big tech companies.

Presenter: Ruth Alexander
Producer: Craig Henderson
Researchers: Niamh McDermott, Catherine Lund
Editor: Jess Quayle
Senior News Editor: Sara Wadeson

Pictured: Sheldon Mills, Financial Conduct Authority

(This edition was first broadcast on Wednesday July 8, 2026)