Bloomberg is testing ASKB, a chatbot-style AI interface for the Terminal, to help finance professionals synthesize data and test investment theses through natural language queries.

Bloomberg is testing ASKB (a chatbot-style interface built on multiple language models) as an addition to the Terminal; as of publication, the beta is open to roughly a third of the software's 375,000 users, with no specified date for full release.

ASKB allows users to ask high-level questions about their investment theses instead of searching for specific data points—for example, 'How is the war in Iran and a change in oil prices going to affect my portfolio?'—and supports workflow templates that can be scheduled or triggered by conditions, automating legwork traditionally done by junior analysts.

Bloomberg has implemented validation checks at multiple steps to reduce hallucinations, including checks on information content, semantic language, and citations; however, Shawn Edwards, Bloomberg's chief technology officer, states the company can never claim the system is perfect and emphasizes that ASKB should drive users to sources rather than abstract them away.