If you’re struggling to stay on budget, have you tried turning to AI for help?

News4 asked three AI chatbots — ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini — the same question: Put together a shopping list that includes breakfast, lunch and dinner for a family of four with a $150 budget in my ZIP code.

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The results were pretty good.

ChatGPT was the most thorough. It gave a detailed shopping list, links and real-time prices. But they were all from Walmart.

When News4 asked if Walmart’s prices were the lowest or were just what the bot had looked at, ChatGPT admitted it didn’t comprehensively check every store in our area.

In October, Walmart and OpenAI – which owns ChatGPT – aannounced a partnership that will allow customers to complet

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