The week's AI and finance conversation is not one conversation—it is two operating on parallel frequencies that almost never acknowledge each other. The promotional track runs hot: crypto bots, passive income promises, a Bluesky post heralding a $5 trillion AI stock valuation by end of 2026 , Twitter accounts narrating improbable trading returns . The accountability track is quieter but accumulating: complaints about AI Overviews surfacing misinformation , documented deepfake deployment in political campaigns , and a broader anxiety about whether any information source remains verifiable. Finance operates at the…