FT: How AI Could Scupper the Dollar's Dominance

On air: Gloria Vance, Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger on The Asia Desk
Published 2:20 AM ET, Tuesday, October 6, 2026

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First reported by ft.com: “How AI could scupper the dollar”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 2:20 AM ET on The Asia Desk, by Gloria Vance, Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger.
Topics: FT, AI.

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Financial Times asks how artificial intelligence could scupper the dollar.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe argument: AI could enable alternative payment systems and weaken the leverage U.S. monetary policy holds.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo robots might build a payment app that ghosts the dollar. Bro, that's the most dramatic breakup text ever, sent by a toaster.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have watched currencies fall in six capitals. It always starts with someone insisting the money is fine.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorS and P futures are up point one one percent, so nobody is panicking yet.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe dollar has survived wars, inflation and disco. I assume it can survive a chatbot with a wallet. Probably.