Learn how to use AI to boost your career and finances — plus, what to do when debt consolidation tanks your credit score.

How can you use AI to stay competitive in your career and manage your money better? What should you do when debt consolidation tanks your credit score? Hosts Sean Pyles and Elizabeth Ayoola discuss the rapid rise of generative AI and how it’s reshaping both the workplace and personal finance tools. Senior news writer Anna Helhoski joins the show to share her conversation with Maria Curi, technology policy reporter for Axios, which explores how generative AI is reshaping white-collar jobs, the skills you’ll need to stay competitive, and why you should be cautious about sharing personal financial data with AI tools. They cover how to use thoughtful AI prompting for budgeting, researching financial topics, and automating everyday tasks.

Then, personal finance Nerd Amanda Barroso joins Sean and Elizabeth to answer a listener’s question about how to recover from a steep credit score drop after working with a debt consolidation company. They dive into the differences between debt settlement and credit counseling, walk through ways to rebuild your credit score, and share strategies to avoid falling back into debt. They also explain how to check your credit reports for red flags, make the most of credit utilization thresholds, and evaluate whether to stick with or switch from a debt relief company.

In their conversation, the Nerds discuss: how to rebuild credit after debt consolidation, AI and personal finance, using AI for budgeting, credit score dropped after debt consolidation, debt settlement vs debt consolidation, credit counseling vs debt consolidation, how to use AI in your job, credit utilization and credit score, generative AI tools for finance, credit monitoring tips, how to check your credit reports, how to avoid debt settlement scams, credit score recovery strategies, prompt engineering for AI tools, AI hallucinations explained, privacy risks of AI financial tools, best ways to use ChatGPT for money help, AI in white collar jobs, AI in blue collar work, how AI is changing the workplace, National Foundation for Credit Counseling, credit mix and credit score, 0% interest balance transfer cards, how to get out of debt without ruining credit, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau debt settlement warnings, risks of debt consolidation companies, and how to diversify your credit.

To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email podcast@nerdwallet.com.

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