AI Features in Income Lab

This article includes tutorial videos for the AI Plan Builder, AI Interviewer, and AI Assistant

Written by Cyarah Rogotzke

Last published at: November 26th, 2025


Video: AI Plan Builder Tutorial

 

Video Transcript: AI Plan Builder Tutorial

Welcome. This video will walk you

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through a tutorial of our tech preview

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feature, the AI plan builder. The AI

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plan builder will change how you build a

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plan in Income Lab by allowing you to

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upload any document or copy and paste

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any information, have the AI read that

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information, and then create a household

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for you. To begin, from your main

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dashboard, click the add household

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button, and then the AI plan builder.

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From here, you'll see the window where

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you can quickly drag and drop any

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document or documents you'd like or copy

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and paste any information for your

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clients. So, for here, I will take a

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document that I have and just simply

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drop that in there. And then I can add

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any additional information. Let's say

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here we add that they also have a rental

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property worth $600,000.

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Once you're ready, click start

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processing. From here, the AI will start

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reading and building your household in

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the background. You'll see that this

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could take a few minutes and we will

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notify you in the notification bell when

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it's ready. So now click got it to

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understand. While the household is

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processing, you'll see the status here

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and you'll see the bar indicating that

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it's currently loading up this household

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for you. Once the AI has finished

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processing the information, you'll see

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that this household will now be in a

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ready to review status. The other place

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you'll get a notification is from the

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notification bell. You'll see a notice

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that says your uploaded file is ready to

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review. From there, we can click review.

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From the review page, what you'll see

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here is that the AI will essentially

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give you a great view of all the data

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that it was able to find and put into

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this household for you. You can quickly

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scroll down the scan and make sure the

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data is accurate or make any changes

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from here. You'll notice some of the

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field are highlighted in yellow. This

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may be areas where the AI didn't find

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that information and inserted some

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sample data or just want you to confirm

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that the information is accurate. For

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example, I have some other income in

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here. I did not I may not have specified

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what type of other income. So, I can

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just click the section here to confirm

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and have it go to green. At the top,

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you'll also see all the fields that were

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undetected by AI. And then you can just

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click skip to fields and quickly go one

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by one through each of these yellow

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fields to confirm the information. As

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you scroll down, you'll see that the AI

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not only grabbed the client information,

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portfolio information, other income,

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liabilities, other assets, social

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security, insurance data, expenses, and

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even any savings. Once you're done, you

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can click create plan and you'll get to

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the dashboard of your fully built plan

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by income lab. That's it. Thank you for

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viewing this video. Please reach out to

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our team if you have any questions or

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any feedback you'd like to share on our

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AI plan build feature.

 

 
 

 


Video: AI Plan Builder Tutorial

Video Transcript: AI Interviewer Tutorial

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Welcome. This video will walk you
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through our latest tech preview, the AI
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interviewer. The AI interviewer is a
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great way to engage prospects or new
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clients in a seamless and efficient
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manner. It will allow you to send them a
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link and then the AI will take them
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through an interview where they will
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enter their information and then it'll
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take that information, put it into
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Income Lab and automatically build a
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household for you. To get started, from
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your main dashboard, find the add
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household button and then click the AI
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interviewer button. From there, give
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your household a name and then enter the
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email address for your clients.
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Once you've entered the email, you'll
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see the button on the bottom right to
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create and send the link.
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You can quickly click send email or if
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you'd like to make it a little bit more
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personable, you can copy the link and
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then paste it in an email directly from
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your email to the client. You'll see a
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notice that the interview link has been
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sent has been successfully sent to your
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clients. And then from there, you'll see
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the household will be in a pending
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status noting that it's waiting for the
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clients to fill out this household. Once
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your client opens the link, they'll get
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to the income lab landing page here
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where they can start the interview
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process. The first three steps are just
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giving them a general overview,
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confirming that everything they share
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will be private and secure, and then
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from there, we can click start
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interview.
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Now, your client can put as much
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information as they'd like. The
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interviewer will take them through a
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stepbystep process to enter that
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information. It's important to note that
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they do have to complete this full
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process in one sitting. They are unable
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to start and then come back to the
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interview if they do not finish it all
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the way through. I will take you through
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just some quick steps here just so you
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can see some of the functionality and
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interaction that the clients will have.
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This first page for example is asking
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them to start with the basics like their
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first and last name. So here I can just
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say
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from there it'll ask them their month
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and year. So I can just say
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from there we'll put our email address.
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For example, if the let's say the client
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gets ahead of the interview process, it
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will remind them one step at a time to
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say confirm yes here before it then asks
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for the spouse's information for
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example.
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Now I can put in Mary's name
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and her birthday.
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Once the client enters their basic
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information for them and their spouse,
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here's where they can then choose what
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types of additional information they'd
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like to include in the interview. So
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here, for example, just to keep it
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simple, I can include assets, social
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security, and other income. And then hit
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continue. And then it'll take us through
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the process of entering that type of
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information. I won't go through this
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whole thing, but here you'll just see me
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ask uh enter a few more responses just
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so you get the idea of these next
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general sections.
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And so here I'm just entering some
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social security information
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just so you don't have to see me go
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through every single question.
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Hopefully, you get the idea that the
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client will essentially go through a
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step-by-step process to enter as much
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information as they'd like. At any point
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at the top here, they can click skip
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this question if they want to skip the
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question. And then, let's say they've
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entered just as much information at a
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high level. They can then click finish
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interview. It's important to note,
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similar to any income lab plan, we at
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least need one investment account on
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file um to be able to actually create
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the household and get you to the
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dashboard. So, as long as they put in
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that basic information, you should be
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ready to go with a household in the
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software. From there, let's say the
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client says, "Hey, I'm this is as much
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information as I have now." They can
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then click finish interview and then
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they'll have the option to either don't
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exit to go back and continue doing some
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more or exit and submit the response.
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Then they'll get this quick feedback
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survey here just so we can get some
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quick responses for the client on their
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experience going through the AI
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interview.
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From there the client is done. This is
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essentially all they have to do inside
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the AI interviewer. We will then go back
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to the advisor side inside income lab.
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So you can see how it looks from the
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advisor side when an interview has been
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completed.
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Now from the advisor side income lab,
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our client has completed their
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interview. So we will see that the
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Walters household here with the AI icon
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to note that it was an AI household has
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the ready for review. We can then click
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review to see the information the client
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has added. This will allow you to
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quickly make any edits. Let's say if
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there's some missing information. For
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example, in here, my client said they
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wanted to add some other income but
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failed to do so. So, I can just quickly
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remove that. Here, we'll see that they
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had entered their primary insurance
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amount. So, we can just confirm that
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that is the information we want to use
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for calculating their social security.
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This just gives you a great overview to
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make sure that all the data here is good
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to go. And at the top here, you'll see
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that it will note any fields that were
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undetected by the AI. And then you can
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quickly skip to those fields to make the
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inputs.
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After you've reviewed the information,
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you can simply click create household
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and plan. Then you'll see the software
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will take you right to their dashboard
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where you can easily see a fully built
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plan based off your client's interview
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data. That's it. Thank you for viewing
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this video. Please reach out to our team
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if you have any questions or any
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feedback. We're really excited to hear
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how you and your clients experience the
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AI interviewer and how we can continue
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improving this experience for you and
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your clients.

 
 

 


Video: AI Assistant Tutorial

Video Transcript: AI Assistant Tutorial

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Welcome. This video will walk walk you
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through the latest support feature
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inside income lab. The income lab AI
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assistant. Think of the AI assistant as
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another financial adviser in the room
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with you who knows income lab inside and
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out and is available 24/7. The AI
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assistant can help you from
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understanding inputs, learning about the
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different features, or even learning how
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to present different parts of the
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software to a client. To begin, to
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access the AI assistant, find the help
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and resource button at the top right of
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your screen. From there, select AI
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assistant, which will be the first
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option at the top. You'll see the chat
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module open on the bottom left of your
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screen where you can start asking
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questions.
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For this video, we'll walk through some
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best practices and simple questions that
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the AI system can help you with. So
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whether you're a new user or you're just
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trying to set up an integration, you can
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simply ask the AI. Let's say for
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example, how do I set up the Schwab
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integration?
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Then the AI will search our knowledge
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base, all of our available resources,
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even our webinars and our master classes
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done by other advisers to give you
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in-app support and answers right away.
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And for something like setting up the
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Schwab integration, you'll even see
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screenshots to help direct you along
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your way. And as you scroll down, you'll
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see all of the information needed, for
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example, to set up that integration.
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Next, whether you need some help just
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adding a simple input. You can even ask
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the AI that type of information. So, for
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example, here we can ask the AI, how do
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I add a salary?
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And then you'll see the AI again pull
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from all those resources and answer your
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question. So, here it'll tell us we need
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to navigate to the income tab in our
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household. Select the option to add a
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new income source.
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Give it a name. Enter the amount, the
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tax treatment, adjust any settings, set
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the start and end date, and then save
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the input. What we're really excited
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about and what we get asked a lot from
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our users is different things on Income
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Lab that they need help understanding
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and then need help understanding how to
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present to a client. One of our most
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popular ones, for example, is help me
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understand guardrails.
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And again, what's neat here is we've
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taken this great knowledge from our
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experts, other advisers here, and we're
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surfacing this to you in real time. So
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here for guardrail, we can have a simple
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understanding that guard rules in the
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context of retirement planning are
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essential tools to help manage the risks
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associated with overspending and
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underspending throughout the retirement
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plan. From there, it'll give you a great
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understanding of the purpose of
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guardrails like risk management and
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dynamic adjustments. It'll explain how
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guardrails work. For example, how we
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calculate the spending capacity behind
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the guardrails, the monthly
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reconfiguration of guardrails,
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especially when you're tracking and
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monitoring, and it'll even talk about
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the types of guardrails like the upper
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guardrail and the lower guardrail. And
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it'll even help talk about the
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importance of guardrails, especially
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when it comes to client communication
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and holistic risk management. Now, you
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can take it a step further and even ask
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it, how do I explain guardrails to a
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client?
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And this is really where the AI
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assistant can help you shine, especially
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when you're prepping for a client
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meeting or you're speaking live to a
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client, they have a question and you
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want a nice simple understanding and a
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simple explanation to the client. So
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here it'll coach you so that when
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explaining guardrails to a client, it's
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important to communicate their purpose
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and functionality in a clear and
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relatable manner. And here's how you can
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do that. First explaining what are the
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guardrails, then going back to the
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purpose of those guardrails, then
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helping the clients understand how the
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guardrails work,
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and then going back to communicating and
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discussing the guardrails with clients.
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And we'll do one more here. And this can
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even be something simple as
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understanding what is Medicare Irma. As
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you're doing the tax planning and Roth
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conversions, this might be a question
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that clients ask. And for some of our
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adviserss, we know that you'll go to our
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help center and try and pull our
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information on Medicare Irma. So, this
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is a great way to again have the AI
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assistant give you that information and
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really help you provide your clients in
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real time with information about any
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topic on the software and even topics
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that maybe don't come up as often like
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understanding Medicare Irma. So here we
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can even talk about the key points like
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the income based premiums, review the
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2024 premium schedule, look at your
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2-year look back, re-evaluating those
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requests, and just understanding the
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financial impact Irma can have,
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especially when you're looking at Roth
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conversions. Essentially, the things you
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can ask the AI assistant are endless as
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it relates to income lab. All this
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information again is all closed
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information only from our knowledge
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base, our webinars, and our personal
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resources. So you don't have to worry
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about the AI hallucinating or giving you
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an answer that just isn't available in
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the software. We're really excited to
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have you try this out. We know this will
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help you learn Income Lab and present
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Income Lab to your clients in a much
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easier and efficient manner. Thank you
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for viewing this video. Please reach out
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to our team with any questions and we
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look forward to hearing your feedback.