Bloomberg CTO Shawn Edwards says the company is overhauling Terminal with a new chatbot-style interface called ASKB, currently open to ~125K users in beta (Joel Khalili/Wired)

Bloomberg is modernizing its Terminal platform with ASKB, a conversational AI interface now in beta with 125,000 users, signaling a strategic shift toward natural language interfaces for enterprise financial data access. This move reflects the broader industry trend of integrating generative AI into legacy systems to improve user experience and accessibility, which CIOs should consider when evaluating their own modernization roadmaps. For technology leaders, this demonstrates the competitive necessity of AI-first interfaces for enterprise software and the potential to unlock new user segments through more intuitive interaction models.