# Ally Financial: Auto finance

Source: https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ally/auto-finance-ai
Last updated: Oct 21, 2026

*Part of the [Ally Financial AI strategy profile](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ally).*

## How does Ally use AI in auto finance?

Ally calls itself the country's largest bank auto finance provider, and what it has put on the record in auto is mostly automation of credit decisions and servicing rather than a named AI product. Every 10-K since February 2021 says data-driven risk assessment has let Ally 'methodically increase our use of automated credit decisioning', alongside manual evaluation by dedicated underwriters; in 2025 it decisioned a record 15.5 million applications and originated $43.7 billion of consumer auto loans, and in the third quarter of 2026 it decisioned 4.8 million, up 20%, with the CFO describing continual 'changes to automated decisioning' by segment. Pricing runs on proprietary credit tiers and an internal credit score whose scorecard Ally 'periodically' updates. The clearest AI step is in servicing: on March 10, 2026 the CFO said an Ally virtual agent 'trained on our data' was making outgoing early-stage collection calls in a pilot, and AI streamlined more than 6 million customer-care calls in 2025. The base is Ally Auto Advantage, the core platform that replaced a 30-year-old mainframe for an auto portfolio of more than $80 billion. Dealer tools are platforms rather than AI products: SmartAuction sold about 573,000 vehicles in 2025, and pass-through programs route declined applications to other lenders. The defining fairness record is the December 2013 CFPB and DOJ order over dealer markups ($80 million in damages, an $18 million penalty), now listed as terminated; the 2025 10-K warns that AI output may be 'biased' and hard to explain. Ally has published no fairness testing of its auto models. ([Ally Financial](https://media.ally.com/image/Ally_2025AnnualReport_Final-accessible+%2B+10-K.pdf), [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm), [Ally Financial (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072921000008/ally-20201231.htm), [The Motley Fool](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/10/20/ally-ally-q3-2026-earnings-call-transcript), [Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/ally-financial-at-rbc-conference-strategic-resilience-amid-challenges-93CH-4552671), [Ally Tech](https://www.ally.com/tech/complex-mainframe-migration-a-premier-us-auto-lenders-journey-of-modernization/), [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/archive/newsroom/cfpb-and-doj-order-ally-to-pay-80-million-to-consumers-harmed-by-discriminatory-auto-loan-pricing/), [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/enforcement/actions/ally-financial-ally-bank/))

## Which automated, AI and digital tools does Ally use in auto finance?

As Ally describes them in filings, earnings calls, investor conferences and its tech blog. Ally does not label its credit decisioning as machine learning or AI in the sources reviewed; the AI column says what is disclosed.

| Tool | What it does | AI or automation, as disclosed | Since | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Automated credit decisioning (consumer auto) | Underwrites dealer-submitted retail applications through 'a combination of automated strategies and manual evaluation by an experienced team of dedicated underwriters'; Ally says the increase has brought 'improved response times, and more consistent credit decisions' | Automated, 'data-driven risk assessment'; no AI or ML label. Dealer Financial Services president Doug Timmerman: 'highly automated' on the consumer side, with underwriters as 'our secret sauce' | In every 10-K since the FY2020 report filed February 24, 2021 | [Ally Financial (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072921000008/ally-20201231.htm), [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm), [Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/ally-financial-at-morgan-stanley-conference-strategic-focus-and-growth-93CH-4091096) |
| Proprietary credit tiers and internal credit score | Granular pricing differentiated across proprietary credit tiers; the internal score weighs delinquency history, credit inquiries, LTV, term, payment-to-income and debt-to-income | Statistical scorecard; Ally 'periodically' updates it | Described in the FY2025 10-K (February 25, 2026) | [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm) |
| Segment-level decisioning changes | Ally curtails, reprices or changes automated decisioning for 'pretty granular' segments as vintages and the macro backdrop move | Underwriting adjusted 'on a very real time basis', per CFO Russell Hutchinson; no AI or ML label | Stated October 20, 2026 | [The Motley Fool](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/10/20/ally-ally-q3-2026-earnings-call-transcript), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/allys-auto-delinquencies-rise-in-tandem-with-originations) |
| AI virtual agent for early-stage collections | Makes outgoing early-stage collection calls in Ally's servicing operation | An 'Ally virtual agent, trained on our data, trained in our way of communicating with our customers'; a pilot | Disclosed March 10, 2026 | [Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/ally-financial-at-rbc-conference-strategic-resilience-amid-challenges-93CH-4552671) |
| Gen-AI call summarization | Summarizes customer-care calls; the CFO calls it 'a real efficiency enhancer' used 'for quite some time' | Generative AI through Ally.ai; enterprise-wide, not reported for auto alone | Production since 2023; more than 6 million calls streamlined in 2025 | [Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/ally-financial-at-rbc-conference-strategic-resilience-amid-challenges-93CH-4552671), [American Banker](https://americanbanker.com/news/ally-banks-foray-into-generative-ai-we-dont-want-to-stand-still), [Ally Financial](https://media.ally.com/image/Ally_2025AnnualReport_Final-accessible+%2B+10-K.pdf) |
| Ally Auto Advantage (core platform) | Replaced a 30-year-old mainframe for the auto retail portfolio: 120 business processes, 72 systems integrated, more than $80 billion migrated, about 500 people at peak; the CEO cited the 'core operating system of the auto finance business' as a modernization investment in July 2024 | Not AI; the data and servicing base the tools sit on | Described January 11, 2021 | [Ally Tech](https://www.ally.com/tech/complex-mainframe-migration-a-premier-us-auto-lenders-journey-of-modernization/), [Bank Automation News](https://bankautomationnews.com/allposts/business-banking/ally-invests-in-data-analytics-in-q2) |
| SmartAuction | Online auction for dealer-to-dealer and commercial wholesale vehicle sales; Ally offers the technology to large consignors, modified to their needs and 'in some cases' under their name | No AI feature announced in Ally's filings, releases or calls reviewed | 25th year in 2025 | [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm), [Ally Financial](https://media.ally.com/image/Ally_2025AnnualReport_Final-accessible+%2B+10-K.pdf), [Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/ally-financial-at-morgan-stanley-conference-strategic-focus-and-growth-93CH-4091096) |
| Pass-through programs | Applications that do not meet Ally's criteria go to third-party lenders, earning acquisition fees and servicing revenue; Ally says they 'provide data and analytics on loans across the credit spectrum' | Not described as AI | Record volume in Q1 2026; more than $1 billion off balance sheet in Q2 and Q3 2026 | [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm), [Ally Financial](https://media.ally.com/image/Ally_2025AnnualReport_Final-accessible+%2B+10-K.pdf), [earnings call transcript (The Motley Fool)](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/04/17/ally-financial-ally-q1-2026-earnings-transcript), [The Motley Fool](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/10/20/ally-ally-q3-2026-earnings-call-transcript) |
| Online direct lending platform | Direct auto financing for consumers, named Clearlane in the FY2020 10-K and unnamed in the FY2025 10-K | Not described as AI | Named in the 10-K filed February 24, 2021 | [Ally Financial (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072921000008/ally-20201231.htm), [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm) |
| Fraud screening on applications | Ally uses models to identify potential fraud and relies 'heavily' on information from applicants, dealers and credit bureaus; undetected misrepresentation raises credit risk | Models under model risk management; no named auto fraud tool or vendor disclosed | FY2025 10-K | [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm) |

## What results has Ally reported from automation and AI in auto finance?

Ally reports volumes, not the effect of its models: no approval-rate lift, loss reduction or time saving is attributed to automated decisioning or AI in the sources reviewed. Every figure is Ally's own unless noted.

| Metric | Value | Period | Who said it | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Applications decisioned | 15.5 million, an Ally record | 2025 | CEO letter, 2025 annual report | [Ally Financial](https://media.ally.com/image/Ally_2025AnnualReport_Final-accessible+%2B+10-K.pdf) |
| Consumer auto originations | $43.7 billion, up 11% (up $4.5 billion) | 2025 | 2025 annual report and 10-K | [Ally Financial](https://media.ally.com/image/Ally_2025AnnualReport_Final-accessible+%2B+10-K.pdf), [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm) |
| Applications per quarter | 4.4 million (record, Q1); 4.6 million, up 17% (Q2); 4.8 million, up 20% (Q3) | 2026 | Q1, Q2 and Q3 2026 earnings calls | [earnings call transcript (The Motley Fool)](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/04/17/ally-financial-ally-q1-2026-earnings-transcript), [earnings call transcript (The Motley Fool)](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/07/21/ally-ally-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript), [The Motley Fool](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/10/20/ally-ally-q3-2026-earnings-call-transcript) |
| Originations from that flow | $13.3 billion, up 21%, with approval and pull-through rates 'consistent with prior quarters' (Q2); $12.9 billion, up 10% (Q3) | 2026 | Q2 and Q3 2026 earnings calls | [earnings call transcript (The Motley Fool)](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/07/21/ally-ally-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript), [The Motley Fool](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/10/20/ally-ally-q3-2026-earnings-call-transcript) |
| Credit outcome (context) | Retail auto 30+ day delinquency 4.02% vs 3.93% a year earlier; retail auto net charge-off rate 1.89% vs 1.88%; late-2025 and early-2026 vintages show higher early delinquency | Q3 2026 | American Banker, from the October 20, 2026 call | [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/allys-auto-delinquencies-rise-in-tandem-with-originations), [The Motley Fool](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/10/20/ally-ally-q3-2026-earnings-call-transcript) |
| Collections virtual agent | 'We're encouraged by the results'; no figures published | Pilot, March 2026 | CFO Russell Hutchinson, RBC conference | [Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/ally-financial-at-rbc-conference-strategic-resilience-amid-challenges-93CH-4552671) |
| Customer-care calls streamlined with AI | More than 6 million (enterprise-wide; not split by auto) | 2025 | CEO letter, 2025 annual report | [Ally Financial](https://media.ally.com/image/Ally_2025AnnualReport_Final-accessible+%2B+10-K.pdf) |
| SmartAuction volume | About 573,000 vehicles sold; 44% of Ally's off-lease vehicles remarketed there (2025), against about 258,000 and 53% (2020); more than nine million vehicles cumulatively | 2020 and 2025 | FY2020 and FY2025 10-Ks; 2025 annual report | [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm), [Ally Financial (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072921000008/ally-20201231.htm), [Ally Financial](https://media.ally.com/image/Ally_2025AnnualReport_Final-accessible+%2B+10-K.pdf) |
| Active dealer relationships | About 21,400 (FY2025) against 18,700 (FY2020) | 2020 and 2025 | FY2020 and FY2025 10-Ks | [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm), [Ally Financial (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072921000008/ally-20201231.htm) |

## How does Ally handle fairness, model risk and regulation in automated auto lending?

What is on the public record, in date order. Ally has not published fair-lending testing results or a fairness audit of its auto decisioning models or of the collections agent.

| Item | What it says | Status | Date | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CFPB and DOJ fair-lending orders | More than 235,000 African-American, Hispanic, and Asian and Pacific Islander borrowers paid higher dealer markups than similar non-Hispanic white borrowers from April 2011 to December 2013; $80 million in damages and an $18 million penalty, the government's largest auto loan discrimination settlement to that date; the CFPB found Ally lacked an effective program to monitor its portfolio for discrimination | Order issued | December 20, 2013 | [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/archive/newsroom/cfpb-and-doj-order-ally-to-pay-80-million-to-consumers-harmed-by-discriminatory-auto-loan-pricing/) |
| Remedy the order required | A compliance program with dealer education, corrective action against dealers with disparities and portfolio-wide analysis of pricing data, or a move to non-discretionary dealer compensation | Ally's later choice is not stated in the sources reviewed | December 20, 2013 | [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/archive/newsroom/cfpb-and-doj-order-ally-to-pay-80-million-to-consumers-harmed-by-discriminatory-auto-loan-pricing/) |
| CFPB enforcement record today | Docket 2013-CFPB-0010 is listed as 'Expired/Terminated/Dismissed'; the page now notes Executive Order 14281 (April 23, 2025) and the CFPB's final Regulation B amendments stating that ECOA does not authorize disparate-impact liability | Terminated; Reg B amended | April 22, 2026 (amendments) | [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/enforcement/actions/ally-financial-ally-bank/) |
| Fair-lending duties Ally discloses | ECOA and similar laws bar discrimination on prohibited bases and require prompt credit decisions and adverse-action notices | Disclosed | February 25, 2026 | [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm) |
| Model risk management | Models inform 'loan and lease underwriting' and the 'identification of potential fraud'; an independent MRM function validates and monitors them, and its model validation group has expertise in data science, AI and fraud detection | Disclosed | February 25, 2026 | [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm) |
| Stand-alone AI risk factor | AI models and agents may produce output that is 'incorrect, incomplete, misleading, or biased'; outputs may be hard 'to understand and explain'; state AI laws in Utah, Colorado, Texas, California and New York; servicing failures from 'human or AI-related errors' could raise losses | Disclosed | February 25, 2026 | [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm) |
| AI governance policies | The Board's Technology Committee oversees AI; an Enterprise AI Risk Management Policy, a Generative AI Risk Management Standard and an AI Risk Management Sub-Committee apply across the company | Disclosed | March 18, 2026 | [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000119312526113819/ally-20260318.htm) |
| Risk lens on the collections pilot | The CFO says Ally approaches AI 'with a lens focused very much on risk management, with an eye on privacy and security', with 90% of enterprise data on one governed platform | Stated | March 10, 2026 | [Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/ally-financial-at-rbc-conference-strategic-resilience-amid-challenges-93CH-4552671) |

## What is missing from Ally's public record on AI in auto finance?

Ally has not said whether its automated credit decisioning uses machine learning, how large the automated share is, or how approvals and losses changed as automation rose. The 10-K language has stayed nearly the same since the FY2020 report, and the only operating metrics are volumes: 15.5 million applications decisioned in 2025 and 4.8 million in the third quarter of 2026. ([Ally Financial (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072921000008/ally-20201231.htm), [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm), [Ally Financial](https://media.ally.com/image/Ally_2025AnnualReport_Final-accessible+%2B+10-K.pdf), [The Motley Fool](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/10/20/ally-ally-q3-2026-earnings-call-transcript))

The collections virtual agent has no published metrics, model or vendor, and Ally has not said which loan portfolios it calls or how customers are told they are speaking with AI. The CFO described it as a pilot that gives Ally 'optimism' about rolling AI out 'more broadly across customer servicing and collections'. ([Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/ally-financial-at-rbc-conference-strategic-resilience-amid-challenges-93CH-4552671))

No AI product for dealers is on the record: Ally's four AI patent families cover conversational intent discovery, LLM task agents, agent personas and long-context summarization, none of them auto-specific, and Ally's agentic work was 'still in an experimental stage' in September 2025. Spending is not broken out; the CFO guided 2026 expenses up about 1%, with investment in 'AI, cyber, servicing, and customer experiences'. ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US12651126B2/en), [Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20250315626A1/en), [Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20260203076A1/en), [Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20260211928A1/en), [Banking Dive](https://bankingdive.com/news/ally-cio-muthukrishnan-banking-agentic-ai-tech/760279), [earnings call transcript (The Motley Fool)](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/01/21/ally-ally-q4-2025-earnings-call-transcript))

## What does the Ally profile record on this topic?

| Date | Move | Detail | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Q3 2026 call: 4.8 million auto applications decisioned, automated decisioning tuned by segment | Ally decisioned 4.8 million applications in the third quarter, up 20%, and CFO Russell Hutchinson described ongoing 'changes to automated decisioning' for 'pretty granular' segments; no AI or machine-learning label is attached. | [The Motley Fool](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/10/20/ally-ally-q3-2026-earnings-call-transcript) |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Q1 and Q2 2026 calls do not mention AI | The full Q1 and Q2 2026 transcripts contain no reference to AI or Ally.ai; Q2 stresses 3.6 million deposit customers, 69 straight quarters of customer growth and record auto originations. | [earnings call transcript (The Motley Fool)](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/04/17/ally-financial-ally-q1-2026-earnings-transcript), [earnings call transcript (The Motley Fool)](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/07/21/ally-ally-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript) |
| Mar 11, 2026 | Pilot of AI for collections calls reported | The Charlotte Business Journal reports a new Ally pilot; the article builds on the Ally.ai rollout and is paywalled. | [Charlotte Business Journal](https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2026/03/11/ally-financial-ai-bank-artificial-intelligence.html) |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 2025 10-K adds a stand-alone AI risk factor | Covers generative AI and AI agents producing incorrect or biased output, explainability of frontier models, reliance on a small number of frontier-model developers and state AI laws (Utah, Colorado, Texas, California, New York). | [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm) |
| Feb 24, 2021 | FY2020 10-K: 'methodically increase' automated auto credit decisioning | Ally says advances in its 'data-driven risk assessment process' let it 'methodically increase our use of automated credit decisioning' on dealer-submitted consumer auto applications, alongside manual evaluation by dedicated underwriters; the filing does not call the decisioning AI or machine learning, and the same language recurs in every 10-K since. | [Ally Financial (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072921000008/ally-20201231.htm), [Ally Financial (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40729/000004072926000005/ally-20251231.htm) |
| Sep 16, 2020 | Named as an Alloy client | Alloy, an identity and risk-decisioning platform for banks and fintechs, named Ally Bank among its more than 90 customers in its $40 million Series B release. | [Alloy (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alloy-secures-40-million-in-series-b-funding-led-by-canapi-ventures-301132043.html) |
| Dec 20, 2013 | CFPB and DOJ order over auto dealer markups | The CFPB and the Justice Department order Ally Financial and Ally Bank to pay $80 million in damages and an $18 million penalty after finding that more than 235,000 African-American, Hispanic, and Asian and Pacific Islander borrowers paid higher dealer markups on auto loans than similar non-Hispanic white borrowers; the order concerned dealer pricing discretion, not AI. | [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/archive/newsroom/cfpb-and-doj-order-ally-to-pay-80-million-to-consumers-harmed-by-discriminatory-auto-loan-pricing/) |

## Common questions

### Does Ally use AI to approve auto loans?

Ally says it uses automated credit decisioning, not that it uses AI. Every 10-K since February 2021 says advances in its 'data-driven risk assessment process' let it 'methodically increase' automated decisioning, combined with manual review by dedicated underwriters. Pricing runs on proprietary credit tiers and an internal score whose scorecard Ally periodically updates, and the models sit under independent model risk management. Ally decisioned 15.5 million applications in 2025. It has not disclosed the automated share or whether the models use machine learning.

### What is Ally's AI collections agent?

On March 10, 2026, at the RBC Capital Markets conference, CFO Russell Hutchinson said Ally had a pilot in its servicing operation in which an 'Ally virtual agent, trained on our data' makes outgoing early-stage collection calls. He said Ally was encouraged by the results and saw room to roll AI out more broadly across customer servicing and collections. Ally has not published call volumes, outcomes, the model behind the agent, or how customers are told they are speaking with AI.

### Does Ally's SmartAuction use AI?

Not on the record. SmartAuction is Ally's online wholesale auction for dealer-to-dealer and commercial vehicle sales; it sold about 573,000 vehicles in 2025, handled 44% of Ally's off-lease vehicles, and passed nine million vehicles sold in its 25th year. In June 2025 Dealer Financial Services president Doug Timmerman said Ally offers SmartAuction technology to large consignors, sometimes under their own name. No AI pricing or recommendation feature appears in Ally's filings, releases or calls reviewed.

### What was the CFPB's 2013 auto lending case against Ally?

On December 20, 2013 the CFPB and the Justice Department ordered Ally Financial and Ally Bank to pay $80 million in damages and an $18 million penalty after finding that more than 235,000 minority borrowers paid higher dealer markups on auto loans from April 2011 to December 2013. The order required a fair-lending compliance program or a move to non-discretionary dealer compensation. The CFPB now lists the action as expired or terminated. The case concerned dealer pricing discretion, not AI.

### How much does Ally spend on AI in auto finance?

Ally does not disclose it. On the January 21, 2026 call the CFO guided 2026 expenses up about 1%, with investment in 'AI, cyber, servicing, and customer experiences', and in September 2026 he said streamlining savings fund AI and cyber. In July 2024 the CEO cited investment to modernize 'the core operating system of the auto finance business' and in data and analytics. No AI budget figure for auto, or for Ally overall, is on the record.
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