Exclusive: Yahoo launches AI tools for NBA fans and investors Yahoo is launching two new AI-powered products, leveraging its AI answer engine, Yahoo Scout, for its sports and finance verticals. The ‘Ask Kevin O’Connor’ feature for Yahoo Sports provides AI-generated responses based on an analyst’s voice and data, while ‘Ask Yahoo Scout’ for Yahoo Finance answers questions using the site’s news and data. These launches are part of Yahoo’s strategy to utilize its AI technology across its properties and enhance user experience, positioning itself against other publishers experimenting with AI interfaces.

• Yahoo is launching two new AI-powered products for its sports and finance platforms.
• The AI tools are powered by Yahoo’s AI answer engine, Yahoo Scout.
• The Yahoo Sports feature, ‘Ask Kevin O’Connor’, provides AI-generated answers based on an analyst’s expertise and data.
• Yahoo Finance’s ‘Ask Yahoo Scout’ uses news coverage and data to answer questions about stocks, markets, and companies.
• These products are part of Yahoo’s plan to integrate its AI technology across all its properties.
• Other publishers like Time, Financial Times, and Forbes are also developing AI-powered interfaces. Continue reading https://www.axios.com/2026/06/03/yahoo-scout-ai-sports-finance